Comments on the "Becoming An Expert" Project

As a class assigment, we've all been learning more about topics that we're interested in with the "Becoming An Expert" project. We've been posting blogs about information that we've learned from a variety of mediums like the World Wide Web and nonfiction books. My topic is Chinese history.

So far the Becoming an Expert project has been very interesting. I’ve been able to discover more about not only China but the way that its history influences us today. I’ve also been able to share the information I discover with my readers by publishing updates on my topic to my blog, and I’ve sharpened my research skills in finding info about my topic.

I’ve noticed, however, that having a general topic like China makes it difficult to write my material in a structured or chronologically correct way. I think that suggesting having a specific topic—Ancient China, for instance—would make for more in-depth information on one topic instead of being able to cover only a few things in China’s enormous history.

Overall I am enjoying the Becoming an Expert project a great deal. I believe that kids will like the Becoming an Expert project because you are able to choose a topic that you are interested in and want to know more about, and the variety of resources you can use to gather information. I think that the Becoming an Expert project is easy to utilize, fun to do, and a great learning journey.