Furthermore, the Hispanic leaders featured were generally entertainers or people who are no longer well known. The class not only wanted to find better materials for its own use, but also became convinced that there was a market for such materials in other schools. The students got an idea, a multimedia project on local heroes. In this undertaking, technology would be important. Students needed it to assemble their materials and produce many copies of salable quality.
All students practice advanced skills .
Complex tasks involve both basic and advanced skills. In this regard, the heroes project was typical. It involved students in a wide range of tasks, some of which called for high-level thinking. For example, the students prepared to conduct their interviews by analyzing interviews with famous people. From these, they developed a set of questions that would elicit certain information and generate interesting responses.