Today we started the Intel Essentials course - how to develop and integrate a project into your teaching.
You can find the CD online at http://schoolnet.org.za/teach10/
or find it by going to www.schoolnet.org.za
and in the TEACHER DEVELOPMENT tab, go to INTEL TEACH
Scroll down and click on INTEL ESSENTIALS
Just a few points about projects
- Projects take more than one lesson to complete - they can take a week, two weeks, a month, a term - it depends on your topic and your learners
- Projects should have a real-life link in some way.
- Your project must incorporate ICT - but a good project idea can be done in any classroom and context
- As a teacher, you need to set up the project well, or it will be just a "cut and paste" exercise
This is what it says on the Intel CD about projects:
—Learners
are at the centre of the learning process
—The
project focuses on important learning outcomes
—It is
driven by challenging questions
—It is
a series of connected activities over a period of time
—It
has real world connections
—There
is a product at the end
—ICT supports and enhances learning—Thinking skills are vital
It supports multiple learning and assessment standards
YOUR TASKS FOR THIS WEEK
1. Create the folders you need in your workspace - it can be on your computer, on the UKZn drive or on box.net
To use box.net you must accept my invitation to collaborate on the box. I will e-mail this to you.
2. Make a brochure or poster on why we use projects. Use the information in the blog or on the CD. Save it in your FACILITATION folder.
3. Download the Project Plan template and save it in the Project Plan folder. Find it on the CD on
MODULE 1 – Getting Started Step 5
4. Look at other people's projects to get some ideas
Resources (at the bottom of the menu) - Project portfolios - the phase
you want to look at
The whole portfolio will only be assessed at the end of October, but try and keep upi with the tasks week by week so that you don't have to scramble at the end.
Look at these recorded webinars for some prize - winning projects from South Africa
Digigirls Puzzle IT out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC5GxyBBoRA
R and J in R and B - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-proeEmt0&feature=relmfu
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