The BIG Question - What is the Curriculum!
1. What do students in your course need to know and be able to do?
2. What areas/topics could be combined, reconfigured, tossed out or added?
3. What are the prerequisite skills and knowledge required?
What is your vision for the classroom?
4. What is your hook? Will this project provide intrinsic motivation so the students are energized by learning?
Questions Related to the Best Use of Technology:
Is the technology a critical component of this project?
- Is technology the content of the project or an enabling tool? It should be the tool!
- Could the project be done as effectively without the use of the Internet?
- What is the type of Internet communication the students are using during this project?
- Are they sharing information with other classes or experts?
- Is the communication one-way or two-way? (Are they giving as well as receiving information?)
- Is collaboration taking place?
- Is there an opportunity to publish student work?
- Does the project require information that is very current or information that is evolving or constantly changing?
- Do you need access to an expert or mentor?
- Would different or multiple perspectives be valuable?
- Would data from a different geographical area be valuable?