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work for the workshop in addition to preparing all the other needed
materials such as the tools, the Internet materials, and the needed
games (toys). Preparing the students was to provide them with the skills
needed to attempt this workshop in terms of Internet-use as the students
were supposed to be able to check their emails and make a sufficient
use of the Internet. The students were also supposed to be introduced
to the core principles of the workshop by reading the handouts. They
were also to know the time through the use of the timetable provided to
prevent any delays and hence the students could dedicate all their time
for this workshop due to its intensive nature. Unfortunately this was not
achieved due to the lack of proper communication discussed above in
the traditions section. The students could not be fully dedicated to the
workshop which resulted in distraction in their behaviour; also they
ended up spending extra time working on the project. To overcome this
problem, the students made sufficient use of the technological tools
available. This benefited the workshop in terms of virtual and
technological utilisation.
8.3.13 People
The people involved in this project were the receivers and the
contributors. The contributors were the tutors who facilitated this
project. The tutors came from different backgrounds (see Chapter Six)
which enriched the experience of the workshop and provided the
students with different feedbacks and different directions of thinking
which in turn facilitated their creative thinking by encouraging them to
think freely and encouraged diversity of thinking. The receivers in this
case were the students themselves. The students were exposed to
many new ways of learning which they were supposed to absorb and
accordingly chose the suitable ways for them which would help them
build their final products and make successful use of this workshop.
The students were supposed to use the tutors as facilitators to help
them widen their thinking horizons. The students were also supposed to
communicate with the tutors and collaborate in a successful way.
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