All projects included in this site have been critiqued using the following guidelines, developed by Judi Harris:
Curriculum: Is the project relevant to both students’ lives and the NZ Curriculum?
Goals and Expectations: Have the goals and expectations of the project been clearly defined?
Thinking Skills: Does the project promote higher level cognitive skill, such as reasoning, analysis, problem- solving and reflection? Does it promote creative or divergent thinking?
Individual Accountability: Is there individual accountability to the extent where students come away feeling that they contributed to a valuable part of the project?
Challenge: Is the project challenging yet within each student’s range of abilities?
Assessment: Is student assessment, process, skills, and product, authentic?
Feasibility: How ‘user-friendly’ is the project? Is it simple to enrol in? Are support materials available? Is there a cost attached? Is it current?
Hi Rocky
Hey you have put together a great resource! This site will be a “window” I will come back to often.
Kids learn heaps by teaching others (this the powerful potential a 21st C learner has). Perhaps you can add some other collaborative projects where students can engage in teaching others stuff, for example http://onevoice.ning.com.