TFarah History/English Q4 BM

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I really liked the research aspect of this project, because even though sifting through so much information was hard, it sort of had that lazy-fun-ness of when you're reading something on Wikipedia that links to another article so you start reading that, and you end up somewhere totally unexpected.  It was especially fun because it was something I already had some interest in education, even though I hadn't really expected to be doing a project about education reform.  I knew that changing Bill Gates' childhood would have a huge impact on the computer industry, but it was strange to see how that effect carried over to the realm of politics and public education.  It was also weirdly interesting to look pictures of really, really old computers, and to see how many other people had made their own predictions of what 2011 would look like without Microsoft.
If I did this project again, I would make sure I started with a clearer idea of exactly what I wanted the project to be.  I had ideas for my fake primary sources when I started, but I didn't really think about how I would put them together into a single project, and I feel like it's a bit awkward to just have a bunch of random papers.  I also found the graphic organizer really helpful.  I think if you do this project again, you should have some additional organization tools for students, because with a project like this it's really easy to just get totally lost.