What can I say about this module? In other words what would my essential question be? How has this module impacted my teaching and learning activities? Firstly it started off a bit shaky working my way around the Intel presentation, but once I got the hang of it, everything went smoothly. While it was quite tedious at times it was manageable. There are many benefits to Project Based Learning because students would no longer be passive but active learners. They would take part in their own learning.
At first I did not know what subject area to choose from and then when I decided to choose General Science I could was undecided on the topic. Anyway after much decision making assignment two (2) was on the way. It was a lot of work putting the Web Quest together but I enjoyed doing it. It was hectic because I was busy preparing for test and all the added paperwork that comes with the new dispensation in our education system.
This Web Quest is an eye opener. It can be used in all the subject areas with all the topics. It takes a little planning, but once that is out of the way students should be able to produce work of a very high standard to meet the curriculum standards. Students would be very active participants in their own learning so that means they retain more because they do their own research. In today's world that is so open to technology and the students are very technologically advanced and savvy web quests are the way to go to grab and hold their attention. It also teaches them to be good researchers, critical thinkers and to decide what material is relevant or irrelevant. Web Quests are definitely the way to go.
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