Chapter 11 "Bring Your Project Home"

As a result of Project Base Learning, many things occur. The first thing that happens is that new doors are opened, for both students and teachers. They experience events that they wouldn't normally have had to them without the use of PBL. Another benefit is that they create connections and continue towards building the future project designs. The students also gain a better understanding towards project management. They develop more "big picture thinking" abilities. Meeting deadline realizations become more evident. Global audience becomes more real to the students and teachers. Lastly, students develop the importance towards being professional.

Some ways that the book recommended bringing the project home is through the use of identifying what they could have done better and what next steps could have been taken to benefit all involved. Both the students and teachers create a list of pros and cons of the project. They also critique their work, share insights, become resources to colleagues, and can even enter a contest.

This chapter related to my project through the use of critiquing work with other teachers. We do collaborative work that will only benfit us through the use of bouncing ideas and thoughts off of each other to get a better idea on how the project could work. We also publish our thoughts on our website that can be accessed through any computer connected to the Internet.