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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
3. Did something get bumped from the curriculum to make
time for this project?
I think whenever you do a project like that you feel like everything
has gotten bumped, and I don't have time to do anything. The thing
that you have to remember is that in the course of doing a project
like this your students are learning. If they are learning how to
put numbers in a spreadsheet, they are learning math. If they are
learning how to write a descriptive paragraph, they are learning
English. If they are doing map work, they are learning social studies.
If they are practicing on presenting your travel poster, we have
English and presentation skills. Working in small groups, cooperative
learning, life skills. It always feels like something gets bumped
from the curriculum. Maybe you don't feel like you are doing social
studies, but you are. Maybe you don't feel like you are doing much,
but you are. You have to know that as a teacher and realize that
your students are progressing and qualify that to any people who
come in and want to know, "What are you doing?"
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