Seminar Seminar 20132013

Lesson 8Lesson 8

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Let’s place ourselves in the presence of the Lord. (Pause for a few seconds)

Dear God, we offer everything to you during this seminar. May we ask for your blessing and divine providence

that the activities set for this undertaking be successful and

effective.

May we also retain the invaluable knowledge and learning experiences that we derive from this activity, for

actual application when we leave this venue.

Your generous blessing would mean the success of this seminar. We know that

without it, we can do nothing.May we be living witnesses of your

genuine love, through the implementation of the knowledge

acquired through this activity. Grant us your divine wisdom as we go about our

daily task after this seminar.

This we ask in Jesus’ name, amen.

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Objectives: * The students will develop into the higher steps of thinking with the help of the four IT – based projects.

* The students will be able to create and decide in their own way and by that the higher thinking skills of the students will be developed step by step.

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Higher Thinking

Skills through IT-

Based Projects

Traditional Learning Model

• Teacher is expert and information provider

• Textbook is a key source of information

• Focus on facts information is packaged in neat parcels

• The product is the be-all & end-all of learning

• Assessment is quantitative

• Teacher is a guide and facilitator

• Sources are varied (print, internet, & video)

• Focuses on learning inquiry, quest, and discovery

• Emphasis on process • Assessment is

quantitative & qualitative

Resource - based Learning Model

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Social learning

Traditional learning

Vs.

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Traditional Ways

of Learning..

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The Four types of IT-based projects

I-Resource-based Projects - The teacher steps out the traditional role of being a context expert and information provider, and instead let the students find their own facts and information.

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The general flows of events in resource-based

projects:• The teacher determines the topic for examination of class

• The teacher presents the problem to the class

• The students find the solution to the problem

• Students organize their information in response to the problem

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Resource based

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II-Simple Creations

•Creating is more consonant than planning, making assembling, designing or building.

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Three kinds of skills/abilities:

• Analyzing- distinguishing similarities/difference

• Synthesizing- making spontaneous connections among ideas

• Promoting- selling of a new  ideas to allow the public to test the ideas themselves

THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY !