Design Challenge Three
The FACTS Model of Design
Teachers as Designers: A Cinquain Poem
TEACHER Facilitator Originator, Creator Architect, Author, Inventor Structuring, Providing, Coaching, Planning Pioneer
Teachers as Designers: A Diamente Poem
TEACHER Facilitator Persuader, Designer, Structuring, Provisioning, Orchestrating Originator, Architect, Presenter, Lecturer Reading, Assessing, Instructing Traditional, Conventional Tutor
The FACTS Model: A Summary
Well, FACTS really work! It actively engages the learner in what they need the most. It supports and enhances learning ideas or concepts, great for assessment!
The F is for Foundations
Students to be successful need a solid foundation of basic literacy, computer skills, thinking skills, creative thinking,decision making, problem solving, personal qualities and competencies.
The A is for Activity
Engaging students in activities is essential and integral. These will help students become competent with cognitive, memory, metacognition, problem solving. Anchored instruction creates this activates.
The C is for Content
Learning the Contents which lie in the core subjects in curriculum, conceptas, disiplines and practices enable students to be knowledgeable, literature and use information correctly.
The T is for Tools
Enhanced learning is best supported with the following tools; Books, Videos, Computer Software, Computer Graphics, Word Editors, Databases, Telecommunication, Internet, Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Mathematical Devices.
The S is for Systems of Assessment
A variety of alternative assessment strategies combine d to assess a wide range multiple nature students’ learning, influence the overall success of a learning design.