TRIO ThinkQuest

TRIO ThinkQuest provides a highly motivating opportunity for students to work collaboratively in teams to learn as they create materials and teach others. TRIO ThinkQuest challenges learners to create high quality, innovative and content-rich educational Web sites that meet high standards of intellectual honesty.

The purpose of the activity is to:

• Promote learning 21st century research skills and techniques
• Encourage original writing, multimedia content creation, and presentation of educational material,
• create the occasion for students to learn collaboration skills and
• promote the Internet Style of Learning - an interactive, participatory approach that encourages students to take advantage of the Internet as a source of information and a powerful collaborative tool.

Students work in teams of three to six to build Web sites that could be used as learning tools by other students. Under special circumstances and with prior approval of TRIO Quest, a team may have one or two additional members.

The backbone of the experience is teamwork, as members bring to their team their talents and desire to learn to their team. A major objective is to introduce students to the challenges of conducting and expressing solid academic research through the exciting tools offered through the Web. In this endeavor, students will learn the value of intellectual honesty and the care that needs to be taken to properly cite their sources and apply the Fair Use Rules to education-based projects. Students and TRIO programs learn to apply the Fair Use standards of using images, audio, text, and other media in an educational project. There should be no advertising on any material that students create.

TRIO ThinkQuest is an activity open to pre-college students ages 12-19 who are active participants in an Upward Bound, Talent Search Program, or EOC Program. There are no fees to participate in the TRIO ThinkQuest activity. Significant resources are available from TRIO Quest to help get students, staff and programs started, provide guidance throughout the process, host students’ sites, and acknowledge the top sites of the year.

 

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