CHS: Project Cycle Details

Week 1
- Day 1
  - Research resources for the project and add them to the your Bookmarks Tool. Include a title, URL and at least one complete sentence description for each entry.
  - Write up project, include title, start dated, end date and a description
    - Imply action in the project title
      - Learning XHTML
      - Researching Printing Solutions for Mrs. Johnson
      - Configuring Computer Lab Software
  - In the description answer four questions
    1. What am I going to learn?
    2. What resource(s) will I learn from?
    3. How will I "do" the project?
    4. What tangible "thing" will I create for evaluation?
- Day 2
  - Begin reading or generally working with the resources to develop new knowledge
  - Blog what you have learned
- Day 3
  - Begin the project work
    - Refer to resources frequently while working
- Day 4
  - Continue working
  - Blog about the your progress with the project
    - Highlight new understanding now that you are actually working
    - Explain how you are getting around or through problems
- Day 5
  - Meet with instructor and peer group to share progress and receive critique
    - Blog critique received and any modifications to the project
Week 2
- Day 6
  - Continue working
  - Blog progress
    - Highlight new understanding that has come from your work
- Day 7
  - Continue working
    - Focus on finishing
- Day 8
  - Complete, test and finalize project
  - Blog your final evaluation of your progress
    - Highlight new understanding
      - What do you know now that you didn't know when you started?
- Day 9
  - Prepare your work to be added to your class portfolio
    - If your portfolio is web-based,
      - Transfer written material to HTML
      - Take a digital photo of it
      - Generally organize the work for final presentation
- Day 10
  - Present work for evaluation
  - Blog about the project evaluation
    - Highlight new understanding
      - Include examples of new things you learned
      - Include examples of problems you solved in the creation of the project
      - Include comments from evaluation
      - Include what your going to do with your newfound understanding and skill
      - Are you going to continue working with this subject maybe even expanding your knowledge?

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Project-based Learning