ACTIVITIES

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The Project Process

• ACTIVITIES
• Activity 1 The Information Process
• Activity 2 Analysing Projects
• Activity 3 Best Practice

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Activity 1 Information Flow

• Challenge phase
• learners given a task
• challenges them to think
• clarify their information needs.
• Introduction to project
• Stimulus
• Video, book, news article, picture, story,
  questions
• Focus question
• Initial clarification of the question
• Brainstorm
• Mind mapping
• Know Wonder Learn Chart

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Activity 1 Information Flow

• Gathering phase
• learners identify what information they need
• and where to find it.
• Research
• Internet, books, newspapers, magazine
• Survey
• Interviews
• Contact an expert
• Learning Circle partners
• Conduct experiment

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Activity 1 Information Flow

• Processing phase
• learners evaluate, analyse and synthesise
• Individuals
• decide what information they will use
• evaluate information they find
• Group meets to discuss the focus question
• how does information contribute to the answer?
• what further information is required?

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Activity 1 Information Flow

• Presenting phase
• learners presenting their findings.
• Group effort
• Design and write content for
• Presentation
• Report
• Brochure
• Newspaper
• Poster
• Website
• Publish information

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More resources

• See CD Module 1 Activity1
• More resources

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Activity 1 45 minutes

• Analyse one project example
• See CD Resources
• Identify the text that describes the challenge
  phase.
• Change the text colour to red
• Identify the text that describes the gathering
  phase.
• Change the text colour to blue
• Identify the text that describes the processing
  phase.
• Change the text colour to green
• Identify the text that describes the production
  phase.
• Change the text colour to purple

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Activity 1

• Save in your workshop folder
• Use Save As

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Activity 2 Analysing Projects

• Projects characterised by
• Information Process
• Roles of the learner
• Assessment- Peer- Self- Dialogue with teacher
• Self-direction
• Working with others
• Being engaged

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Activity 2 Analysing Projects

• Roles of the teacher
• Assessment- Diagnostic- Formative- Summative-
  Dialogue with learner
• Planning varied strategies
• Facilitating, Modelling, Coaching
• Scaffold tasks (learner support)

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Activity 2 Analysing Projects

• Project features
• Real life context
• Curriculum focus
• Structure
• Critical outcomes
• ICT Integration
• Grouping learners

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Activity 2 - 30 minutes

• Analyse one project
• See list in resources
• Use analysis template (20 min.)
• See resources
• Describe evidence from the project relating to
  each characteristic
• Save in your workshop folder
• Pair and share (10 min.)

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Activity 3 45 minutes

• Work in pairs
• Analyse two projects (20 min.)
• See list in resources
• Develop a checklist
• What should effective projects include?
• Use checklist template
• See resources
• Save in your workshop folder (15 min.)
• Group share (10 min.)