#1 Explore the link below. How are the examples of Integrated Final Projects and the methods described in the Reiser article related? What would it take to teach this way? Is it worthwhile?
The two articles are very similar similar in the fact that they are doing a lot of small group work. In the TEAMS article it talks about how the students rotate in groups from one station to the next station on a daily basis. They do this until the students have been part of all of the stations. I think that the TEAMS model is great because it helps provide teachers with some suggestions for the activities at each station. I like what it says in the TEAMS model "Project TEAMS is an approach for integrating instructional technology, interdisciplinary instruction, and active learning into the middle school curriculum". I think that this is exactly what the lesson plans are doing in the UEN website. Both the Reiser article and the UEN link are great for lessons because they both give a mulitidisciplinary approach to teaching. I think that this teaching style is great because it gives the students the opportunity to work in small groups and learn from eachother. Although it takes more collaborating I think that it is well worth the effort especially when studies show in the Reiser article that they students are learning from the program.
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I also think that group work is good for students. They can discover some of the information on their own and can also help each other understand new concepts. I like your point that because students rotate through the stations each day, teachers could get a good amount of feedback once a few groups have rotated though each station. With this feedback, teachers could improve the stations as the unit progresses. The Reiser article did show that their approach had benefited students, and I agree that the extra collaboration is worthwhile.
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