LESSON 8: HIGHER

THINKING SKILLS
THROUGH IT-BASED
PROJECTS
WHAT IS HIGHER ORDER
THINKING SKILLS?
TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN ACTIVITIES
OF A HIGHER PLANE OF THINKING

STUDENT-CENTERED. STUDENTS ARE
ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND MORE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR OWN
LEARNING.
IT-BASED PROJECTS
KEY ELEMENTS OF A CONSTRUCTIVIST
APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION:
The teacher creating the learning environment.
The teacher giving students the tools and
facilities
The teacher facilitating learning.

IT-BASED
PROJECTS
RESOURCE
BASED
PROJECTS
SIMPLE
CREATIONS
GUIDED
HYPERMEDIA
PROJECTS
WEB-BASED
PROJECTS
RESOURCE-BASED PROJECTS
The teacher steps out of the traditional role
of being an context expert and information
provider, and instead lets the students find
their own facts and information.
WHY IS RESOURCE-BASED PROJECT
IMPORTANT?
to improve the knowledge of the people in
integrating the prior knowledge of the
person and together with the help of the
resources being gotten of the data.
THE GENERAL FLOWS OF EVENTS IN
RESOURCE-BASED PROJECTS ARE:
1. The teacher
determines the topic
for the examination of
class.

2. The teacher
presents the problem
to the class.
3. The students find
information on the
problem/questions.
4. Students organize
their information in
response to the
problem/questions.
IT-BASED
SIMPLE CREATIONS
Creativity
refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates
something new (a product, a solution, a work of art etc.)
that has some kind of value.

Students create their software materials to supplement
the need for relevant and effective materials.
Creating is more constant with planning, making,
assembling, designing, or building.
Creativity is said to combine of 3 kind of skills/abilities.
1. Analyzing
2. Synthesizing
3. Promoting

5 KEY TASK CAN MAY BE RECOMMENDED.
Define task.
Brainstorm
Judge the ideas
Act
Adopt flexibility

IT-BASED
GUIDED HYPERMEDIA PROJECTS
The production of self-made multimedia project can be
approach in two different ways.
As an instructive tool, such, as in the production by
students of a power-point presentation of a selected topic.
As a communication tool, such as when students do a
multimedia presentation ( with text, graphs, photos, audio
narration, interview, video clips, etc., to simulate a television
news show.

Hypermedia can be defined as a non-sequential format
that uses hypertext and multimedia elements to
present information to users.
The use of hypermedia must be carefully guided by
teachers and other educational professionals to ensure
that students are learning and focusing on valuable
curricular concepts.
Hypermedia can be a great tool to help facilitate
differentiation of instruction in the classroom, but there
are some pitfalls as well.
IT-BASED
WEB-BASED PROJECTS
Students can be made to create & post webpages on a given
topic. But creating webpages, even single page webpage, may
be too sophisticated & time consuming for the average
students.
It should be said, however, that posting of webpages in the
internet allows the students ( now the webpages creator) a
wider audience. They can also be linked with other related
sites in the internet. But as of now, this creativity project may
be to ambitious as a tool in the teaching-learning process.