Educational Technology 2
Summary: Lesson 8; Higher Thinking Skills through IT-Based Project
Content
The Four Types
of IT-Based Projects Resource-based Projects In these projects, the teacher
steps out of the traditional role of being a content expert and information
provider, and instead lets the students find their own facts and information.
Only when necessary for the active learning process does the teacher step in to
supply data or information. Simple Creations Students can also be assigned to
create their software materials. Of course, there are available software materials
such as Creative Writer (by Microsoft) on writing, KidWork Deluxe (by Davidson)
on drawing and painting, and Media Weave (by Humanities software) on
multimedia). Guided Hypermedia Projects It is a self-made multimedia projects
that you can use for your instruction or discussion. It can be approached in
two different ways. First, As an Instructive tool, such as in the
production by the students of a power point presentation. You can apply this in
your discussion. It is easy for the teacher to catch up the attention of the
students because they love moving letters or pictures and also sounds and the
teacher can discussed well the topic because of its beautiful visual aid which
is suitable for the topic. And Second, as a communication tool when students do
a multimedia presentation to stimulate a television news show. It is easy for
the teacher to discuss about news or literature if they have tools like
television or you can use your own video clips in order to present the topic
they wanted. Web-based Projects Students can be made to create and post
webpages on a given topic. But creating webpages, even single page webpages may
too sophiscated and time consuming for the average student.
Experience
By the use of IT
based project we developed higher order thinking skills to our students that
lets the students to organize their mind, giving problems and let them formulate
ideas that could resolved it. The use of IT based project which lets the
students facilitate their own thinking and making them more competence. The best
example to site for this is during Educational Technology 1 when we are task to
use the Cyberlink Power Director to make our own short film.
Reflection
We should know that
the use of IT based project isn’t just the way to achieve higher thinking skills.
As a teacher we should know how to use the available resources that usable
outside or inside in the classroom to acquire knowledge special to some areas
where technology is not yet introduce very well. We should all know that
technology is not a replacement to us teacher but it as tool. Developing higher
order thinking skills still lies to us teacher and how we handle our students.
Application
The use of technology
today in the classroom is kind of common in some reasons that it could make
their lesson easier and faster. We should always bare on our mind that the use
of technology is not for the sake of the convenience that it gives us teacher but
also to promote conducive teaching and learning process to our students A
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