Have a computer in your classroom?
• Great Online Resources– http://www.free.ed.gov– http://www.thinkfinity.com (formerly Marco Polo)– http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/– http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html– http://www.edhelper.com/– http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/ – http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edres.htm
eField Trips & Scavenger Hunts• Virtual Tours
– http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html– http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/– http://www.efieldtrips.org/
• Many require registration• Includes “ask the expert” sessions
– http://oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm– http://www.exploratorium.edu/
eField Trips & Scavenger Hunts• Internet Scavenger Hunts
– http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/hunt.shtml
– http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/scavenger_hunts.htm• Univ. Sioux Falls site with lots of topics
– http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/scavengerhuntsontheweb/
– http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Computers_and_Internet/Scavenger_Hunts/
– http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eledScavenger.html
Math on the Web• Math resources
– http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/– http://intermath.coe.uga.edu/– http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/index.h
tml– http://mathforum.org/
WebQuests
• Integration of technology
• Focus on critical thinking skills– Not just a “report” of
facts• Student centered
Web Quest Design• Topic
– Orients students & captures their interest– “start where you’re at” – pick a topic you are
comfortable with• Task
– Describes the end product– Most critical piece – make it challenging & deep
• Process– Explains strategies students will use to complete the
task– Include roles & steps to follow
More Web Quest Design• Resources
– Web sites students will use to complete the task– May want to provide search parameters for older
students if specific sites aren’t provided• Evaluation
– Measures results of process– Use a rubric that clearly sets criteria
• Conclusion– Sums up activity– Encourages students to reflect on the process
(Metacognition)
WebQuest Resources• Quest Garden
– http://webquest.org/questgarden/author/index.php• Bernie Dodge & Tom March (the gurus!)
– http://www.ozline.com/learning/index.htm • A school district Web Quest resource
– http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html • Web Quest Task-onomy
– http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html • ThinkQuest: Student created web quest projects
– http://www.thinkquest.org/library/index.html
More Web Quest Resources• http://www.oconee.k12.sc.us/teachers/lharrison/2004/vermeerwq.ht
m• http://www.jameshollis.com/WQ2/• http://www.ccsd.net/schools/lummis/Hybarger/zoohomepage.html• http://can-do.com/uci/lessons98/BodyBuilder.html• http://www.bestwebquests.com• http://www.tenafly.k12.nj.us/~teisenberg2/mapquest/• http://www.tenafly.k12.nj.us/~teisenberg2/worldcultures/• http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/webquests/solarsystem/solarsyste
m_webquest.htm• http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/webquests/solarsystem/solarsyste
m_webquest.htm• http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/cindelicato/intro.html• http://www.milforded.org/schools/calfpen/jcox/wq/revwar.html
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