HIGHER THINKING SKILLS THROUGH IT-BASED PROJECTS

I. Resource- Based Project
    In this projects,the teacher steps out of the traditional role of being an content expert and information provider, and instead lets the students find their own facts and information.

II. Simple Creations
    Students can also be assigned to create their software materials to supplement the need for relevant and effective materials.

CREATIVITY said to be combined three kinds of skills or abilities:

• Analyzing - distinguishing similarities and differences
• Synthesizing - making spontaneous connections among ideas thus generating interesting or new ideas.
• Promoting - selling of new ideas

To develop creativity:

1. Define the task.
2. Brainstorm
3. Judge the ideas
4. Act
5. Adopt flexibility

III. Guided Hypermedia Projects
    The production of self-made multimedia project can be approach in two different ways.

1. As an instructive tool, such as in the production by students of a power point presentation of a selected topic.
2. As a communication tool, such as when students do a multimedia presentation.

IV. Web-Based Projects
    Made to create and post webpages on a given topic.That posting of webpages in the Internet allows the students a wider audience.They can also be linked with other related sides in the Internet.