CUED 6920

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CUED 6920

• Pellissippi Section

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Syllabus

• Week 1- Explore WebQuests
• Week 2-Blooms Taxonomy and
• WebQuest Templates
• Week 3- Create your own!

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Attendance

• Class participants are expected to attend each
  class. If circumstances occur that preclude
  class attendance, the participant is responsible
  for contacting the instructor.
• There are ways to makeup the class time.

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Instructor

• Micki Daniel
• Technology Trainer
• Sarah Simpson Professional Development/Technology
  Center
• 801 Tipton Ave. ? Knoxville, TN 37920
• Knox County Schools
• danielm_at_k12tn.net
• [phone] ex 1003

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Best Uses of the Web

• While a good deal of our focus for this course is
  going to be developing WebQuests, this is not to
  say that the only good online learning activity
  is a true WebQuest.
• There are an array of learning activities that
  have been developed that focus on a variety of
  classroom needs. It just makes good instructional
  sense that we use the right tool for the right job

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Whats your goal?
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Assemble Resourses

• Learning Support Activities

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What is your goal?

• Your Goal
• Pre-assemble resources for an already prepared
  activity or unit
• Your Activity
• Compile Internet links

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How about a Topic HotList?

• Examples
• Colonial America HotList
• http//www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listcolonial
  ms5.html
• China on the Web HotList
• http//www.kn.sbc.com/wired/China/hotlist.html
• How can HotLists be used to help students begin
  to explore a topic?
• What are the advantages of using a HotList over
  random searches?

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What is your goal?

• Your Goal
• Pre-assemble resources for newsletters, bulletin
  boards, collages, etc.
• Your Activity
• Compile Internet multimedia links

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Multimedia Scrapbooks

• Examples
• Volcanoes (2-5 grade level)
• http//www.field-trips.org/sci/volcano/index.htm
• Visit Easter Island
• http//mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/html/sto
  ry.html
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/
• Have you ever taken your class on a Virtual
  Fieldtrip? Why or Why not?
• What are some ways students could use media
  acquired from the internet to support learning in
  your classroom?

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What is your goal?

• Your Goal
• Promote learning - Gain Knowledge
• Your Activity
• Knowledge building via answering specific
  questions

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Treasure Hunts

• Examples
• Hunt Alexander the Great
• http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntalex
  andeju1.html
• Tropical Treasure Hunt- a rainforest quest
• http//home.att.net/candlers/tropical.htm
• Have you ever taken your class on a Virtual
  Fieldtrip? Why or Why not?
• What are some ways students could use media
  acquired from the internet to support learning in
  your classroom?

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What is your goal?

• Your Goal
• Promote learning - Make affective connection to
  subject matter
• Your Activity
• Attitudinal change via responding to web sites
  from a personal perspective

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Subject Samplers

• Example
• Medieval Europe Sampler
• http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/sammedie
  valpa.html
• Japanese Canadian Internment Sampler- Exploring
  Racism
• http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/samjapan
  eseli.html

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WebQuests

• "A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
  which some or all of the information that
  learners interact with comes from resources on
  the internet?" (Dodge, 1995).

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WebQuests

• http//bestwebquests.com/what_webquests_are.asp