Not much time left!

With 6 ½ weeks of school left, I am realizing that there is still a lot to do! Will we get it all done? Will my students be ready to move on to the next grade? Will they have acquired the learning and skills expected of them? I definitely feel more confident than last year at this time, and I suppose that my confidence will increase in regards to these questions with each year to come.

I appreciated that in our E2T2 text, the authors admitted that project-based learning is flexible and changing, and probably never perfect. I have to make a concerted effort to let go and realize that I can’t script or plan for every nuance. I tend towards perfectionism and like to be over-organized. However, this experience of project-based learning and incorporating technology has helped me relax a bit and learn to go with the flow. I have realized that I am more flexible than I previously thought and that unforeseen events can even be good!

I do enjoy change so it is probably a good thing that I decided to be a teacher. Even a successful and well-planned project is going to be different each time by changing the most important variable- the students.