Lesson 8: Higher Thinking Skills through IT-Based Projects

RESOURCE-BASED PROJECTSThe teacher steps out of the traditional role of being an context expert and information provider, and instead lets the students find their own facts and information.What is higher order thinking skills?2

3to engage students in activities of a higher plane of thinking

student-centered. Students are actively involved and more accountable for their own learning.Resource-based learning is an educational model designed to actively engage students with multiple resources in both print and non-print form.Learners take responsibility for selecting resources, human or otherwise, that appeal to their own learning preferences, interests and abilities.resources ranging from traditional reference books to the Internet, as well as innovative games. Resources incorporated into planned, authentic tasks afford students opportunities to develop the skills and techniques necessary to become autonomous, self-directed learners and effective users of information

4IT-based projectsKey Elements of a constructivist approach to instruction:The teacher creating the learning environment.The teacher giving students the tools and facilitiesThe teacher facilitating learning.

Why Is Resource-Based Project Important?to improve the knowledge of the people in integrating the prior knowledge of the person and together with the help of the resources being gotten of the data.The general flows of events in resource-based projects are:1. The teacher determines the topic for the examination of 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.IT-BASED

Students create their software materials to supplement the need for relevant and effective materials.Creating is moreconstantwith planning, making, assembling, designing, or building.Creativityis said to combine of 3 kind of skills/abilities.1.Analyzing2. Synthesizing3. Promoting

5 key task can may be recommended.Define task.BrainstormJudge the ideasActAdopt flexibility

IT-BASEDHypermedia can be defined as a non-sequential format that uses hypertext and multimedia elements to present information to users.The use of hypermedia must be carefully guided by teachers and other educational professionals to ensure that students are learning and focusing on valuable curricular concepts.Hypermedia can be a great tool to help facilitate differentiation of instruction in the classroom, but there are some pitfalls as well.IT-BASEDThere are many potential and realized advantages to using hypermedia in educational settings. The advantages of hypermedia depend on the mode of use. Allowing students to author their own hypermedia results in a different set of advantages than simply allowing students to be the audience of hypermedia presentations.16