Lesson 8: Higher Thinking Skills Through IT-Based Projects

Ganancial, Estela L.  BSEd General Science 4

MW 3:00-5:00 PM

Educational Technology 2

Lesson 8: Higher Thinking Skills Through IT-Based Projects

                                                                                                                                 

Content

            This lesson talks about the four types of IT-based projects which can effectively be used in order to engage students in activities of a higher plane of thinking. These projects differ in the specific process and skills employed.  These projects represent constructivist outputs that contains 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 should be the students demonstrate higher thinking skills in order to meet the required goals.

1.      Resource-based projects

It is the students who find their own facts and information. The teacher acts only as a facilitator ion this type of project. The central principle: makes students go beyond the textbook and curriculum materials. Inquiry-based or discovery approach is given emphasis on this type of project.

2.      Simple creations

Students are tasked to design their own software materials. Creativity is needed combined with analyzing, synthesizing, and promoting.

3.      Guided hypermedia projects

The production of self-made multimedia projects that can be used as an instructive tool (PowerPoint presentation) or communication tool (multimedia presentation).

4.      Web-based projects

Creating and posting webpages on a given topic.

Experience

  Ever since I entered college life, I experienced all that type of projects but not for software making. Making PowerPoint presentations is very common for me. I can say that I’m always working for guided hypermedia projects—the common things that are always assign to do so. We also experienced video editing and movie poster making that led us to hold a short film festival. Right now in Edtech 1, we are on web-based projects such as the use of blogger.com wherein we can post a blog containing our CERA’s.

Reflection

            For me, IT-based projects are very suitable to our new curriculum today since it is an outcome-based education. I can say that it is a good technique to develop the six fluency skills of digital learners as well as the traditional learners. It will only vary on how the teacher will employ it. We all know that our country is in need of skilled and competitive individuals especially that we are now on technological era. This is one way to prepare students to become one of the best in ICT era.

Application

           

If I were to teach someday, the best IT-based projects would be resource-based and guided hypermedia because these are appropriate in my teaching of science. Since resource-based projects encourage discovery or inquiry-based approach, this is best technique that will cater their interests and needs to understand and appreciate science more. Whenever they acquire such information, they will present it to me using guided hypermedia for me to see their higher thinking skills and creativity and conveying the information. I would  let them work by group to enhance the collaborative skills.