What I've Learned...so far

This project has definitely been a learning experience for me.  There were times that it was very difficult and frustrating, and times that were rewarding.  I don't know if I can call the project a complete success, but it was definitely a starting point.  The students did not all buy in, but I can't really blame that on them.  We didn't have our stuff together and that definitely had an effect on the outcomes for students.  For the students that did buy into the project, there was some definite learning that happened.  For the staff that stuck it out, we had some learning as well.  It wasn't all bad, but there was a fair bit that was.  I titled this post what I've learned so I will get to it.  I learned that students are just like us, they want to know what is expected and how to meet the requirements once they know what they are.  We really dropped the ball by not making the expectations clear to ourselves or the students.  When I do a project like this again, I will work very hard to have the assessment piece ready to go before the kids even start working on the project.  Five classes was a little too ambitious, ok a lot ambitious, for a first project and the next project I do will be on a much smaller scale.