Reading Reflection 6

1. Discussion on the skill set needed to manage a project.
2. Discussion on gathering resources for a project.
3. Discussion on teachers’ management needs.
4. Discussion on students’ management needs.
5. Discuss some of the technology applications that should be considered for use in a project.
6. Discussion on what resources your group will need for your topic/project.

The skills needed to manage a project are being resourceful, able to collaborate, critical thinking, open minded, persistent, and more. Ways to gather research for a project while on a classroom budget can be difficult. Take advantage of web based Donorschoose and IncitED are all good places to find free or cheap resources. Teachers management needs include tools for communicating and making milestone and events visible for notifying students, methods for getting resources to students, systems for managing work projects, structures that provide support, assessment tools and strategies. Students management needs include systems and tools that help them manage their time and flow of work, systems that help students manage materials and control work drafts, collaboration tools, methods for seeking assistance, ways to get and use feedback on their work, ways to work iteratively and see how parts add up to the whole. Technology applications that should be considered for the use in a project are a LMS software package like moodle, desire2learn, blogs, propriety web spaces, and wikis. My group will need resources to track and communicate information between each other. We will collaborate and store work progress on google docs.