Lesson 8

BALURAN, Jan Westhine D.                                                              

TTh-11:00AM-12:00PM

BSEd-English4A       

Higher Thinking Skills through IT-Based Projects

            This lesson tackles on 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 represent constructivist projects, containing the key elements of a constructivist approach to instruction, namely: the teacher creating the learning environment, the teacher giving the students of tools and facilities, and the teacher facilitating learning. The four IT-based projects conducive to development higher thinking skills and creativity among learners and these are: Resource-based Project which gives importance to inquiry-based discovery approach, another is Webquest as a Resource it is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by the learners are drawn from the web.

            During our Educational Technology I, we were taught how to edit a video and that used the higher plane of thinking. Also, he taught us how to lay-out a tarpaulin as part of our movie presentation in our final examination in his subject.

            I’ve learned that we really need to become equipped with the use of the technology, we need to act in order for us to learn and come out from our shells. Hands-on learning will exercise our knowledge and skills in doing the tasks being given.

          In my future teaching, I should be applying the hands-on minds-on learning to my students. This will help them develop their higher thinking skills and creativity in the digital stage.