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