ØTeaching method: Using constructivist,
inquiry and project-based learning principles that encourage collaboration and
interaction
§Hands-on tasks and projects (weekly, short-term,
and semester-long):
üExperimentation with applications, Internet tools, and
links (=
tasks)
üConstructing teaching tools that make use of what they
learned (a class/school newsletter
in Word, a PowerPoint slide show that is a lesson plan for a WebQuest, a FrontPage-based WebQuest lesson,
web-based rubrics for assessment
of student projects, ) (= Hands-on Projects)
üSharing with the class what they learned about each task (threaded discussion)
üGroup
tasks that
require the use of online collaboration tools for communication
and file sharing, as
well as peer reviewing
§Weekly summaries/reactions
to
üRequired and personally
selected readings (Reading Discussion forum; threaded
discussion)
üHands-on links (Tasks; Sharing
what you learned Disc. forum; threaded disc.)
üClass members’ questions and
comments
üClass members’ short- and
long-term projects (peer reviews)