tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507158391291255109.post5578931301924942920..comments2023-07-11T03:41:54.931-04:00Comments on A Flipped Approach: The fun projectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507158391291255109.post-27731782107592684152013-02-20T07:28:35.303-05:002013-02-20T07:28:35.303-05:00Thank you for your comment and I absolutely agree ...Thank you for your comment and I absolutely agree with you. When I talk with my former students over Facebook, the projects are the things they remember most. But, more importantly, they talk about what the learning they took away from the project. Sometimes it is about Chemistry, but more often it was about mistakes they made and how they learned from them. I believe that is truly what projects teach the students: to learn from their mistakes.Marc Seigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01080659825716348556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507158391291255109.post-87036013579617095302013-02-17T09:03:05.584-05:002013-02-17T09:03:05.584-05:00In the past, a project or two was 1) fun for the k...In the past, a project or two was 1) fun for the kids (maybe) and 2) a slight slowdown of class for the teacher or 3) a way to take a grade and without a test. If the project was completed mostly at home, I often questioned whose work I was really grading.<br /><br />My school is also on block schedule, and as I have moved further into the flipped class model, "projects" have become "products" and there has been a slight mind-shift among my students. Products are done in class, rather than at home. Students use notes taken from our videos, as well as additional research done both at home and school, to complete their product. Products are not always a single item, either. I have tried it incorporate a menu of activities/products on at least two units to cover more ground. Groups are varied also, individual, pairs, and 3-4's.<br /><br />With the block schedule and this shift, I have found that my scope & sequence is not as wide as other schools might be, but it is much deeper. I am happier, but more importantly IMHO, the students have a very confident feel about their learning as they show what they learned in more ways than just a test.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17942841384112900731noreply@blogger.com