eductech2 Carren Pangilinan II

LESSON 8: HIGHER THINKING SKILLS THROUGH IT-BASED

PROJECTS

OVERVIEW…

We shall discuss four types of IT-based

projects which can effectively be used in order

to engage students in activities of a higher

plane of thinking.

KEY ELEMENTS OF A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION:

a.The teacher creating the learning

environment

b. The teacher giving students the tools and facilities, and

c. The teacher facilitating learning

…it is the students themselves who

demonstrate higher thinking skills and

creativity through such activities

searching for information, organizing

and synthesizing ideas, creating

presentation, and the like.

FOUR IT-BASED PROJECTS

Resource-based Projects

Simple Creations

Guided Hypermedia Projects

Web-Based Projects

RESOURCE-BASED PROJECTS

The teacher steps out of the traditional

role of being an content expert and

information provider, and instead lets the

students find their own facts and

information.

GENERAL FLOW OF EVENTS

1. The teacher determines the topic for the examination of

the class

2. The teacher presents the problem to the class

3. The students find information on the problem/questions

4. Students organize their information in response to the

problem/questions

The central principle is to make the students

go beyond the textbook and curriculum

materials . Students are also encouraged to

go the library, particularly to the modern

extension of the modern library, the

internet.

I NQUI RY -BASED OR D I SC OV ERY APPROAC H

this requires that the students,

individually or cooperatively with members of

his group, relate gathered information to the

‘real world’.

Traditional & Resource-

Based Learning Models

FOUR IT-BASED PROJECTS

Resource-based Projects

Simple Creations

Guided Hypermedia Projects

Web-Based Projects

SIMPLE CREATIONS

In developing software, creativity as an

outcome should not be equated with ingenuity

or high intelligence. Creating is more consonant

with planning, making, assembling, designing,

or building.

Five Key Tasks to

Develop Creativity:

1.Define the task.

2. Brainstorm

3. Judge the ideas.

4. Act.

5. Adopt flexibility.

FOUR IT-BASED PROJECTS

Resource-based Projects

Simple Creations

Guided Hypermedia Projects

Web-Based Projects

GUIDED HYPERMEDIA PROJECTS

As an instructive tool

As a communication tool

FOUR IT-BASED PROJECTS

Resource-based Projects

Simple Creations

Guided Hypermedia Projects

Web-Based Projects

WEB-BASED PROJECTS

Students can be made to create and

post web pages on a given topic.

PANGILINAN, CARREN A.

BS EDUCATION3/MAPEH

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