Reflection 8, Chapter 8

1. To build connections and branch out from the classroom you can, of course, use the internet. Technology helps reach an authentic audience. Students might get in contact with experts to help them in what ever project they are doing. Any time you can ask another person who has extertise in an area is a great thing to do. This not only helps the students it can help the other person they are talking to feel better about themselves or their job. 2. The EAST model is based on is built on 4 essential ideas: 1. student-driven learning. Students need to be responsible for their own learning. 2. Authentic project based learning . Studensts should be engaged in solving real problems in their communitites. 3. Technology as a tool. Students need access to the relevant technologies that professionals use to solve these real problems. 4. ollaboration. When students collaborate in teams they accomplish more than any one person can do in isolation. Training and support for teachers is another critical component as well. All of this is essential for students to do and to learn. 3. Letting students chose their own projects helps them find information they need, ups,dwns of a project, how to work with others durning those ups and downs, gets them curious about things they might not have ever thought of, and gets them interacting with others from down the hall, down the street, or around the world. This chapter relates to our project in that we got to chose our project from the start. We will also incorporate into our project the interaction of other students from other countries.