Part 2

My project incorporates many difference facets that should appeal to a variety of students. It has a mix of listening/responding, information finding, drawing and creative avenues.

A main point in my assignment is getting the students to understand the scientific relevance in everyday life. That technology (things they take for granted) actually have a history of development, and people where involved in that development. That was the basis of the first assignment, to try and get the students interested in finding out why and how things work. The students interest is aided by them picking the topic, so it had contextual relevance to their lives. It covers stage 4 outcomes about historical development

I also wanted to introduce some of the concepts of the many facets of life. Classification is a big point in the stage 4 outcomes. I think these concepts are very central to understanding where we have come from and how we have developed as a species. The base concepts allow for further information building in later years, and hopefully will plant a seed that will make the brain go a-wanting.

I chose to make this project based online in order to integrate ICTs’, but still with using the more traditional questionnaire method for examination. The students of today require more interactive learning, but the cognitive thought processes that come with analysing information and answering questions, I think are better assessed on paper. It also gives insight into learning ability/knowledge level, as well as allowing creative expression.