6.2.4 Reflection on Initial Project Idea

Computer Networking

Project based learning is the core of active exploration of real-wold challenges and problems solving. Students acquire knowledge by working for an extended period of time, and this lead to hands on experiences, investigating, plus responding to some complex tasks, questions, challenges, or problems.   

Initial project idea (computer networking)

Computer networking is the interconnection of devises on a network.We should know that networking is under communication, and computers can not communicate at their own. There must be two or more computers plus networking devises for the communication to carry on. 

Students will divided into small groups and they will be given different tasks of planning and looking for the appropriate networking and communication devises to use in this project. This should be given a period of time to be completed. At the beginning students will start by creating small networking stations call a Local Area Network (LAN). 

     

In their small working stations, all groups will agree to a centralized station which will be supplying data and information to all called the saver. They will be put to task of using one printer and a scanner for all stations, and all their information should be access by the offices of the director of studies and other offices. They will have to put it in their mind that no body or office can access their information, unless when they are authorized by the administrator     

Curriculum objectives

1. Resource sharing

This is one of the most important objective because all programs,data,and equipments are available to any one on the network with out the regard to the physical location of the resource and the user  

2. Saving money

This is as a result sharing the resources on the network. you find that programs,data, and equipments can be shared by all the working stations , there is no need of buying equipments for each computer or work station like a printer . the same is to data and information you just have to feed the saver and the rest pick from it.

3. To provide a high reliability of files replicated on two or more machines. backing data is more important to organization because of the hazards on the internet like viruses, hackers and etc.

4. Communication

This is among the core value of networking, messages, data, information are received instantly with out any delay and at any point. 

5.Security

Through encryption and use of password, only authorized persons or offices can access the information on their net work.

Higher order thinking skills 

This is more difficult to learners or to teach, because such skill are more likely to be usable in a novel situation.( This is a situation other than that in which the skills was learned).. These skill involves Analysis, Evaluation and Synthesis, and this is the way of teaching which is good for students instead of teaching them to remember facts. When you look at this project idea students are tasked to think beyond their thinking.

21st century skill

Like we have seen in the project, the following skills are very important for this century. critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, initiative, planning, interrogative questioning, information and communication technology (ICT) data interpretation, analysis, computer programming and etc.