Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The most helpful way that students can be in this lesson is just sitting there quietly and thinking for a few minutes. Being creative and thinking about what can be done and how to do it is the way in which the project begins. Before something can be built or made, it has to be planned out to make sure it will work. Even then it won't work sometimes. Then it is back to the thinking process to try to figure out how to fix the problem. The only resources that I can think of at the moment will be a computer for the internet so the students can search for something that interests them. They will figure out how to make that product better for future use while thinking about it in class. I will have to figure out more info about how this will all go down and more about what they should be looking for. The main learning style will be with the students being on their own or in small groups while working on the project. Collaboration and independent thinking will be the main focus that I will be looking at.
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Hey Phil,
ReplyDeleteDo you think there are things we can do in order to stimulate a student's creativity or is it something that shouldn't be forced? I think we all have creativity, and it's better if it comes out on its own and usually in unexpected situations or scenarios. Like imagination, I don't think it can be forced or prodded out of a person, but I also believe that some people are afraid to let that creativity and imagination fly. I think using the internet as a starting out point can work for you, because then students will be able to take whatever they find further and develop their own ideas and solutions.
Good job, as usual.