Let’s Get Wired!

Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Our Students…

Quick Quiz

T or F. Technology is a cure-all.T or F. Technology is a baby

sitter.T or F. All students know how to

use technology appropriately.T or F. Technology is a great

way to enhance learning!

Today’s Lesson

• Internet Lesson (Web Lesson)• Scavenger Hunt (Treasure

Hunt)• Subject Sampler• WebQuest• PBL

Internet Lesson• Worksheet that guides

students through sites on the web, usually has a theme

• Lowest levels of Bloom’s• Let’s get Brainy…

Scavenger Hunt• Learning tool to help students use

internet resources & information• Usually uses multiple sites• Teachers pre-select websites• Can be used for simple fact finding

or more…the questions determine rigor

• Many have a “final question” for summary

• Students can easily create & share

Creating a Scavenger Hunt

1.) Decide on a topic2.) Find a collection of websites3.) Determine questions from

websites-put link in question-put link before a set of questions

4.) Put in .pdf, .doc, or html (etc.)

Scavenger Hunt Examples

• Language Arts: http://www.montana.edu/4teachers/instcomp/hunts/language/yellowtrip/webpage2.html

• Art: http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/renart.html• Math:

http://homepages.ius.edu/JKAISE01/lessons/saveng.htm• Government:

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/9112/NNHunt.html

• Science: http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/classrooms/middleteam/learning/scienceinternet.html

• Auto Tech: http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/InternetHunt/autohunt.htm

Your Turn !• Take the next 5 minutes and…

– Find a scavenger hunt on a current topic you are teaching•OR

– Think of a topic that you would like to create one on & find 2 websites that you could use

Feelings…Nothing more than Feelings: The

Subject Sampler• Students explore collection of links,

includes questions based on content from the sites AND how they feel or react to it

• Students share their perspectives on topics, comparisons to their experiences, and their interpretations

• More complex…higher level thinking than a scavenger hunt

Creating a Subject Sampler

• Similar to scavenger hunt except– Students are not looking for

“hard facts” so the questioning will be different

Subject Sampler Examples

• The Depression: http://www.nisd.net/holmes/technology/integration/subj_samp/calber/depression.htm

• Colonial America: http://www.ccsdedtech.com/cc/projects/subjectsampler/colonial/index.html

• DNA Technology: http://www.sunnysidescience.com/dna_technology_subject_sampler.htm

• Money Matters: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/democracy/sampler.html#act

WebQuests

• Thinking outside the box, Bloom’s highest level of learning

• Student Groups receive a task, scenario, or problem to solve

• They have to come up with a solution based upon their research.

• They become the expert, not you!

How to create a webquest

• Background information• Pick a task, problem, or scenario• Research Resources• Choose a product for students to

share their information– Lessons, Brochures, Working

Models, Debates, Newspaper Articles…

Essential Parts to Webquest

• Introduction: for motivation/intrigue• Task: overview of what students will

be doing• Process: exact steps, group roles, etc

(descriptive & sequential)• Links: give students a place to start • Evaluation: rubric, etc• Conclusion: main goal of project to

keep students on track, provides closure

Webquest Examples

• Language Arts: http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/webweavers/jillc/mbird.html • Math: http://www.otsego.k12.oh.us/bernthisel/carshoppingwebquest.htm

• Social Studies: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy/debtquest.html

• Science:http://www.gilmerschools.com/education/sctemp/bcdca5e0e76d9051d03f3b77bcbea844/1189806270/atomic_and_nuclear_physics_webquest.doc

• P.E./Health:

http://imet.csus.edu/imet2/nicher/toohotwebquest/index.html • Weight Training:

http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/PE/physed/WEBQUEST.HTM

• Family & Consumer Sciences: http://www.d91.k12.id.us/ifhs/subpages/Media_Center/trading%20spaces.htm