Lesson 8

Higher Thinking Skills through IT-Based Projects

                    There are  four types of IT-based projects which can effectively be used in order to engage students in activities of a higher plane of thinking. To be noted id the fact that these projects differ in the specific process and skills employed, also in the ultimate activity or platform used to communicate completed products to others.

            

These projects represent constructivist project, containing the key elements of the constructivist approach;

a.) the teacher creating the learning environment

b.) the teacher giving the tools and facilities, and

c.) the teacher facilitating learning.

   DISCUSSION;

Link up and assess how WEBQUEST can be an important source of information for projects, discuss the ff;

1. Does it merely provide data or information?

2. What does WEBQUEST also provide?

3. Will WEBQUEST suffice in case of local/domestic problems/questions, such as the definition of Filipino among patriots of the 1896 Philippine revolution?

4. Where can we get information for local/domestic problems/questions?