• Student Performance:  Students were highly motivated and worked diligently on this project.  Our weekly attendance average was a bit over 12 students or around 71% including five students who attended all sessions.  Behavior problems did not arise throughout the semester and students treated each other and the instructors with respect and courtesy.  These observations will be explained in our second and final Monthly Reports (see attached).
• Instructor Judgment/Reflection:  I believe that I attempted to incorporate too many new pieces of technology into my unit plan.  I had the students using blogs, a WebQuest, viewing online movies, and creating a presentation all in the span of eight weeks with one hour-long session per week.  In addition, at the onset of the unit, I did not take into account the opt-in nature of the Summerbridge program in which students are encouraged, but not required, to attend after-school sessions.  This attendance issue became a problem when students would inconsistently be present for sessions and would lose valuable time for working on their projects. 
• Remedies/Changes:  If I were to conduct this unit again, I would alter one important aspect.  I would provide the students with a PowerPoint presentation template into which they could add the information they found during online research.  This would ensure that each student has the appropriate data in his/her presentation.  This scaffolding would also ease the creation process and place more emphasis on the accuracy and meaning of the information students find during research.  The time saved by this change would be invaluable to the students, who found it difficult to finish this project in the allotted time.  Additionally, this would erase the emphasis placed on diverse project presentations, which turned out to be an unrealistic aspect of this unit.