CyberHunts for the Middle School

LearnerAudra Robertson & Victoria MeredithNorth Carolina Middle School

Conference 2009

Audra Robertson • Seventh Grade Language

Arts Teacher at Holbrook Middle School

• Pinnacle Leader & TRICKS Trainer

• Graduate of Green Mountain College

• National Board Certified Teacher

• Appalachian Graduate Student

• Wife & Mom- Native of Upstate New York

Welcome! A little about us.

Victoria Meredith • Seventh Grade Social

Studies Teacher at Holbrook Middle School

• Pinnacle Leader • Appalachian Graduate

Student • “Mom” to four wonderful

dogs• Native of West Virginia • Graduate of Bethany

College, Marshall University, and WVU

Welcome! A little about us.

Want to have your students be this engaged?

IntroductionTeachers are becoming

innovative users of the Internet and are developing learning activities that:

guide students through their use of the Internet

help students meet learning objectives

help teachers assess student progress, and easily report this progress to parents

Adapted from http://dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us/dixieschool/Classrooms/Rechtfertig/cyberhunts/

What are CyberHunts?

• A CyberHunt is an online scavenger hunt in which students search for answers to questions.

• A CyberHunt is one of the easiest online activities for students to use.

• While making a CyberHunt, teachers learn and practice beginning technology integration skills.

Adapted from http://dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us/dixieschool/Classrooms/Rechtfertig/cyberhunts/

Why CyberHunts?

Using CyberHunts helps students: learn the basics of web

navigation practice reading online

information for meaning

respond to comprehension questions using the Internet

prepare for more complex online activities

Adapted from http://dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us/dixieschool/Classrooms/Rechtfertig/cyberhunts/

Why Make or Use CyberHunts?

Making or Using CyberHunts helps teachers:

conduct online searches for information

identify appropriate websites develop online activities that

relate to teaching objectives manage students to complete

online activities

Adapted from http://dixiesd.marin.k12.ca.us/dixieschool/Classrooms/Rechtfertig/cyberhunts/

There’s no specific way you have to create a CyberHunt.

They can be Word Documents.They can be Power Points.They can be puzzles. The choices are only as endless as your imagination…or the imagination of your students.

Making a CyberHunt in PowerPoint is as easy as

one, two, three!

1. Use a kid-friendly search engine to find resources on your topic.

2. Make up questions that can be answered by the resources.

3. Make a PowerPoint document with those questions and insert hyperlinks that point to those resources.

Our Examples

Our Examples….

-Latitude & Longitude-Fractions -Denmark & Iceland-Lou Gehrig-Volume-Simple Machines

Step 1: Kid-Friendly

Search Engines

Kid-Friendly Search Engines

Ask for Kids (formerly Ask Jeeves for Kids)Kids Click!

Yahooligans / Yahoo for KidsDibdabdoo

ALA Great Sites for KidsAwesome Library for Kids

Fact MonsterKids.gov

ThinkQuest LibraryKOL / Kids AOL

CyberSleuth KidsOpen Directory Kids and Teens

ITHAKI Kids Only Metasearch Engine

Sources: http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156191 and http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html

How to Hyperlink

Hyperlink to a Webpage

• Type the web address you wish to link, OR on the internet, find the website you wish to link to, highlight the web address, right-click the mouse, click <copy> in the drop-down menu given.

• Go to your document or PowerPoint and right-click to <paste> the web address, hit the space bar one time. This should automatically become a hyperlink when you view your slideshow. (This may work better than typing the address, because you can be assured that it is correct.)

• Example:• www.google.com

Hyperlink to a Document

• Type the name of the document.• Highlight the name of the document.• Go to Insert in the PowerPoint

toolbar.• Click Hyperlink.• In the Insert Hyperlink dialogue box

that appears, choose the file you wish to link.

• The Hyperlink should change color, indicating it now has a link that can be clicked.

• Example:• Field Trip

Hyperlink to a Picture• Type the name of the document.• Highlight the name of the

document.• Go to Insert in the PowerPoint

toolbar.• Click hyperlink.• In the Insert Hyperlink dialogue

box that appears, choose the file you wish to link.

• The Hyperlink should change color, indicating it now has a link that can be clicked.

• Example:• New Puppy

Using Pictures or Icons as Hyperlinks• Insert the picture or icon you wish to

use as your Hyperlink.• Right click on the picture or icon.• Choose Hyperlink in the drop down

menu.• Choose the picture or document you

wish to hyperlink the picture or icon to.

• This hyperlink can link to a document, webpage or picture.

• Example:

150+ CyberHunt Sources

Thank you for coming today and have a great time hunting!

Renewal Code: 9125

Audra RobertsonHolbrook Middle School

amrobertson@gaston.k12.nc.us

Victoria MeredithHolbrook Middle School

vemeredith@gaston.k12.nc.us