| Classroom Management. Teacher’s Presentation It is recommended that teacher, with one computer connected to a projection device, familiarize students with the project site prior to the beginning of any project implementation. Even though the site provides to students means to directly print their handouts, it is also recommended that teacher print the handouts and request copies beforehand. The main reason is that student will have to pay at the media center to print the handouts. We are talking about 15 pages per student (unless teacher prefers to have one handout per group)! Cooperative Groups It is recommended that the class is divided into collaborative groups of 3 and specific tasks are assigned to each member. For instance, the group may have: 1 language art experts, 1 social studies expert and 1 math expert. Each expert will be responsible for that element within the project. Let’s point out that the project instructions call for that and duties are assigned to each member! Periodic Data Collection It is suggested that students take turns manipulating the computer and surfing over the internet. Let’s recall that the project has seven (7) sections. The turns could be as follows: |
SECTION I) Selecting the destination point (social studies expert). SECTION II) Gathering more pertinent information about the destination point. (social studies expert) SECTION III) Gathering pertinent information about the destination point. (language arts expert) SECTION IV: Traveling information. (language arts expert) SECTION V: Calculating distances, rate and time. (math expert) SECTION VI: Finding Currency Exchange Rates & projections. (math expert) SECTION VII: Estimating in country expenses. (math expert) |