WebEnhanced Learning Environment Strategies for Classroom Teachers

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Web-Enhanced Learning Environment Strategies for
Classroom Teachers

• Research sponsored by
• NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
• Barbara Grabowski, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State
  University
• Tiffany Koszalka, The Pennsylvania State
  University
• Marianne McCarthy, Ph.D. NASA Dryden Flight
  Research Center

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Overview of the WELES!

• pronounced . . .
• Wheel - ez

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What are WELES?
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Not those, but this!

• Web-Enhanced Learning Environment Strategies!

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Results of a 3-Year Research Project

• Purpose of the research project
• to help you, the teacher, use NASA related Web
  Resources in your classrooms.

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The model we developed...

• A way to think about the WEB
• A way to think about your teaching
• A way to think about student learning
• A way to think about enhancing student learning
  with Web Resources
• Therefore--- Web-enhanced Learning Environment
  Strategies--WELES!

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SO...
How would YOU conceptualize the Web for
teachers?
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FROM
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An overall concept

• Teacher as Planner
• Teacher as Producer
• Teacher as Integrator

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TO
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What Methods of Teaching do you already use?

• Present
• Guide
• Active Learning
• Collaborative
• Problem-based
• Role-Play

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Do you ever wonder . . .

• What does my teaching have to do with using the
  WEB?

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• How you teach will determine various ways you can
  use the WEB to enhance your teaching...

Lets go on to find out...
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Lower WELES--Web Resources

• Information sites
• People on the network
• People and Information

Network
Sites
Site Elements
Network Elements
Organized Sites
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Have you ever thought about what resources you
REALLY would like to have in your classroom?
Lets dream a little
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Web Resources

• Site Elements
• Network Elements
• Organized Sites

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Middle/Merged WELES

• Frame
• Inform
• Explore
• Try

Methods of Teaching
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Important Considerations

• Consider teaching strategies you already use
• Use a teaching strategy survey
• First think of --RELES!
• Resource Enhanced Learning Environment Strategies
• Then think --WELES!
• Web-Enhanced Learning Environment Strategies

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The lesson planner

• What is it?

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WELES LESSON PLANNER
NASA Web Resources
Web-Enhanced Lesson
Method(s) of Teaching
Subject
Grade Lesson Lesson Objective(s) National
Standard(s) NASA Mission Context

• SITE ELEMENTS
• Numbers
• Narratives
• Lists of references
• Still images
• Animations
• Video clips
• Sounds
• Tools

• Present
• Guide
• Active Learning

• Present
• Guide
• Active Learning
• Collaborative

• Science
• Mathematics
• Technology
• Geography

• ORGANIZED SITES
• Information
• Databanks
• Interactive events
• Current events
• Showcases
• Simulations
• Tutorials

• Lesson Activities

W E L E S _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
_____

• NETWORK ELEMENTS
• E-mail
• Listservs
• Newsgroups
• Chat rooms
• Audio conferencing
• Video conferencing

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WELES LESSON PLANNER
NASA Web Resource Worksheet
Lesson Activity
Resources Required
Web Resources Found
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The approach...
9 steps
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9-Step Approach to WELES

• 1. Write your objective, select National
  Standard, and NASA Mission
• 2. Select lesson components
• 3. Select methods of teaching
• 4. Select information or human resources
• 5. Select ideal types of information or human
  resources
• 6. Factor in limitations
• 7. Select Web resources
• 8. Develop a search strategy
• 9. Find the resources

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1. Write your objective, Select National
Standard, and NASA Mission

• National Standards and NASA Mission
• http//www.ed.psu.edu/nasa/web_resources.htm

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2. Write your lesson procedures

• Frame
• Inform
• Explore
• Try

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3. Select Method(s) of teaching

• Present
• Guide
• Active Learning
• Collaborative Learning
• Problem-based
• Role Play

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4. Select Information or Human Resources

• Information resources (non-web)
• Human resources (non-web)

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Consider this chart
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5. Select ideal types of information or human
Resources

• Dream a little.

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6. Factor in limitations

• Your challenges.

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7. Select Web resources
Whats on the WEB? ???
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8. Develop a search strategy

• How would YOU approach this task?

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Search Strategies

• On a card, write how you would go about searching
  for resources you will need
• Then, lets try them out

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Lets review some strategies--mini exercises

• BROWSE -- Search a directory to find resources
• Yahoo!
• Go to the homepage
• search for a series of words
• follow the hyperlinks
• BOOKMARK!

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Strategies continued..

• Search for a specialized database
• www.isleuth.com

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Engines or directories

• AltaVista
• Excite
• HotBot
• Infoseek
• Lycos
• Open Text
• WebCrawler

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Search Engine Logic

• Phrase searching
• Boolean Searching
• List by relevance

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Search Engine Differences

• Size
• Search options
• Speed
• Update frequency
• Relevance of results
• Ease of use

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Search using a Meta-search Tool

• Searches search engines
• http//metacrawler.com
• http//www.search.com
• http//www.cs.colostate.edu/dreiling/

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Search a Usenet Archive

• EMAIL or discussion group archive
• www.dejanews.com

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Search using the Internet Public Library

• www.ipl.org

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Search via a search engine

• Identify the important concepts of your search
• Choose keyword to describe it
• THINK about synonyms
• Choose a search engine!
• Read the instructions!
• Create a search string
• View the results--and modify if needed

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9. Find the resources

• Then, you will share your discoveries

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Contact Information

• NASA Marianne McCarthy
• marianne.mccarthy_at_dfrc.nasa.gov
• Penn State Barbara Grabowski
• bgrabowski_at_psu.edu
• Penn State Tiffany Koszalka
• tak10_at_psu.edu