1. Activities Web-Based An InteractiveTutorial Click here to enter. July 2004 Copyright E. Bergstresser 1
2. Introduction Contents Home You will be presented with six different Internet-based project formats. Choose the format(s) that best fits your curriculum needs, student ability levels, and overall purpose. For additional information or assistance contact your technology integrators: [email_address] [email_address] Welcome to Web-based learning!
4. Hotlist Contents Home Description Focuses on a specific topic Can be easily accessed from: Word document in shared folder Web page Saves students search/surf time Provides a quality, online resource for the classroom A collection of hyperlinks that: Search Tools www.abuzz.com www.answerpoint.com www.Askme.com
5. Hotlist Contents Home How to create one Select a topic for your curriculum Search for Web Resources that are age and content appropriate Include a description of each Web site! Add to a lesson you’ve already prepared Copy and paste the URLs into your Word Document or Web page
6. Hotlist Contents Home Examples A Hotlist on Weather – Weather basics, games, careers, pictures and projects Use this site to create a free online hotlist! Take a look at these! Exploring China – A scrapbook activity using a hotlist
7. Knowledge Hunt Contents Home Description Helps students develop their own knowledge Identifies specific information essential to understanding Provides direct links to Web pages not sites Encourages synthesis
8. Knowledge Hunt Contents Home Choose a specific topic Find Web pages that hold information essential to understanding Pose one key question from each Web site How to create one Include a culminating question
9. Knowledge Hunt Contents Home Examples (Click on the treasure chests below to view samples) The Treasures of China Introduction to Fractions
10. Affective Exploration Contents Home Description Students… explore Web sites organized around a main topic respond from a personal perspective feel connected to the information
11. Affective Exploration Choose a small number of intriguing Web sites Contents Home How to create one Ask for perspectives, interpretations, comparisons to personal experiences Let students know that their views are valued
13. Insight Reflector Contents Home Explore Probe Reflect Description Students: Examine pre-selected Web sites Are prompted to “look beneath the surface” Record the twists and turns of their thinking process
14. Insight Reflector Contents Home How to create one Gather sites that will generate cognitive dissonance Create reflective prompts Provide opportunity to write
19. WebQuest Contents Home Description Addresses complex questions and problems Emphasizes cooperative learning Presents a central question and related task Uses an inquiry- oriented approach Goes beyond learning facts, connecting emotionally, or developing concepts Immerses students in real learning
20. WebQuest Contents Home How to create one An introduction: Write with the student as the intended audience The task: Describe end result of the learners’ activities Resources: Point out sources available to accomplish the task The Process: Describe the steps learners should go through An Evaluation: Explain how performances will be assessed A Conclusion: Summarize what will be accomplished; extend thinking Develop...
21. WebQuest Contents Home Examples Click on the magnifying glasses to view examples American Civil War Edgar A. Poe Tuskegee Tragedy
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25. Review Contents Home There are a variety of ways to structure a Web-based learning activity: Hotlists Affective Explorations Knowledge Hunts Concept Builders Insight Reflectors WebQuests
26. Acknowledgements Contents Home Content Information: http://www.mhcbe.ab.ca/notredame/ND%20Learning/ip.htm#six http://www.keithstanger.com/filamentality.html http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html Graphics and Design: http:// office.microsoft.com http://www.kinderart.com/painting/mondrian.shtml Dr. Ted Mannino, Director of Technology, Cumberland Valley School District (Mondrian-style graphic on title slide created using MS Paint)