Internet-based Project Work
There are many compelling reasons for using Internet-based projects in the classroom :
1. They are structured way for teachers to begin to incorporate the Internet into the language classroom, on both a short-term and a long basis.
2. No specialists technical knowledge either to produce or to use Internet-based projects.
3. The use of projects encourages cooperative learning, and therefore stimulates expression.
4. They can be used simply for language learning purposes, but can also be interdisciplinary, allowing for cross-over into other departments and subjects.
5. They encourage critical thinking skill.
· Choose the project topic
· Make the task clear
· Find the resources
· Decide on the outcome.
The benefit of this kind stimulation is that it uses real websites, and a potentially real situation, to further the learners reading, information processing, planning and communication skill that are useful in this professional context.
Stimulation need to address potential real-life situations in order to appeal to the learner. This might be presented as an award given to the students, with a limited budget, making the actual logistics more challenging, but more real.
Webquests are mini projects in which a large percentage of the Input and material is supplied from the Internet. Webquests can be teacher-made or learner-made, depending on the learning activity that the teacher decides on.
The types of Webquests:
o Short-term webquests
o Longer-term webquests
Creating a webquest does not require much detailed technical knowledge. The skillshet for producing a webquests is very similar in planning Internet-based lessons, and might be define as:
o Research skills
o Analytical skills
o Word processing skills
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