Reflection on ideal classroom

1. Describe the topic of your Ideal Classroom project.
Our topic included science with social studies. The kids will learn about the surrounding areas nature. They will learn about it and take pictures and will use those pictures to make a collage later on. The kids will then learn about Belgium's nature and climate. We will then use skype with a classroom from Belgium and learn about there climate and we will teach them about ours.

2. Why did you select that topic and what did you hope to create?
We all remember that we liked learning about nature when we were in elementary. So that is why we decided to to something with nature. We were hoping to create a fun atmosphere that the kids were having fun while learning a lot. We were also wanting to create a interest in other countries. Now that they have learned some things about other countries maybe that will get them interested in learning about other countries.

3. Describe the thinking and creation process that you used to create your final project.
As a group we specialized in certain areas of our project. Although we specialized we also made sure to communicate with one another about what we were doing. We also made suggestions with one another of what else we could add to our part.

4. How did you use technology to collaborate with your team partners?
We used google docs at the beginning of our project to jot some ideas down. But besides that we didn't use a whole lot of technology to collaborate with one another.

5. Explain at least one barrier that you confronted while completing the project.
The only barrier that I can think of would be coming up with exactly what we wanted to be teaching. Working in a group helped a lot to figure out what we wanted to do.

6. Explain what you learned from this project? This could include topic material, group work, etc.
The one main thing I learned while doing this project was using Google Sketchup. I used this to create our floor plan of our classroom.

7. Any final words that you might have about the project or the process.
I enjoyed this project because I was able to learn how to use Google Sketchup.