we have been using web 2.0 technologies to try to approach education and technology in a constructivist approach. The context of the project that we have to design is to be done at home, involving the students parents. Looking for the active involve the parents with the students work, the students have to try to teach their parents how to use the web 2.0 technology.
- Design a project in web 2.0 technology
- Do it in a way where students have to get parents actively involved, the best way for the students to learn how to use this, is to teach someone else: their parents.
- Parents will understand what the students are doing at school.
- Construct this in a way that parents can do this anywhere.
- Call a meeting, or send a note home to inform parents about this project.
- problems with parental involvement, maybe try and get an uncle, aunty, or even a brother or sister.
- Teacher becomes a facilitator and a mentor, the more resposnibility the student has, but remember that they are still children.
- How are we going to motivate the students to comoplete this task? We have to try to now involve the parents, so the students gain more affirmation and confidence from completing this task.
This task has been completed and it is available on another blog called the learning project and again on a wiki called the learning-project. These can be both accessed by clicking on the links above.
