Community Map – Unit Plan
After that wonderful training from Intel, I was then scheduled to attend an ischools training, a campblog for 10 days. I have to leave my students with some assignments for them to work while I am away. The training from Fit Ed was just in a right time, my 4th year Rizal students were going to work for a unit plan made during that Intel Teach training. The project was about making a community map for their purok.
IV-Rizal Class 2009-2010
My students were divided into 5 groups, they have to plan, decide and choose a purok community of which they would the make a map, they have to talk to the community leaders about the projects. Some of my students think, why need to have this project?, why community map when our subject is Technology and Livelihood Education – ICT? And later they realize its importance. One great lesson from this project was my students were able to develop a sense of responsibility and develop creativity, aside from enhancing themselves in the use of photo editing software learned from their computer class. They learn other valuable 21st century skills, of which this would not be learned by purely lecturing it in the classroom. The unit plan also includes some assessment tools to measure the students’ performance.
Sketching the map on the paper
I may not implemented this project more perfectly, but sure, the idea would help me become a good educator. Now I already have the idea on how to design TLE projects that will enhance my students performance and at the same time an application of their learning from science, mathematics and other subjects related to Technology and Livelihood Education.
One of their output map
