Reading: 30 mins
Interactive: 30 mins
Reading project summary: 30 mins
Basic planning: 1 hr
2 hrs 30 mins
What kinds of activities go into
a PBL project?
How can I build a balanced project
that uses different skills and modes?
It is important to understand that a project
is a process centred around information, and it is necessary
to balance the kinds of activities in which the learners deal
with information.
Open the
file The
Information Process Exercise (a Flash file). You
will see that it contains a list of many different
kinds of class activities. Your job is to arrange
these activities in the table by placing the activities
in the correct section of the table (use cut and paste,
or simply drag). This will help you to think about
and increase your undertsanding of the information
process.
Case study
Read the
summary of activities of the project entitled "If
I were the President...". What activities
did this project have in each of the 3 stages of the
information process. Use this file namedIIWTP
Information Processto complete
this analysis. Save the file and send
it as an attachment in email to
your tutor (using the subject heading "Information process") for feedback.
Planning
A reminder that your class will participate in a Learning Circle (inter-classroom collaboration) project, using ideas and principles as illustrated by the above case study.
Participate in a collaborative online brainstorm with your group. Brainstorm a
list of possible project ideas for this project with
your group members. Note: Each class may conduct a different project. Keep the project idea quite simple. Make it a simple invesitgation of an interesting question.
As you receive
the contributions from your group, select what you
consider to be the best ideas. Open the Project
Planner that you saved in activity 3 and enter your project title.
Complete the section on Stages
of the information process. Save the file.
Share your project title with your group by sending a message to the group.
Send your project planner as a file attachment in email to your tutor (using the subject heading "Project idea") for feedback.
Use your
e-diary to make closing comments about this activity.
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