Have a computer in your classroom?

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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

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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/

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eField Trips Scavenger Hunts

• Internet Scavenger Hunts
• http//www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/h
  unt.shtml
• http//www.thecoo.edu/apeter/scavenger_hunts.htm
• Univ. Sioux Falls site with lots of topics
• http//www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/scavengerhuntsonthe
  web/
• http//lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Computers_and
  _Internet/Scavenger_Hunts/
• http//www.pitt.edu/poole/eledScavenger.html

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Math on the Web

• Math resources
• http//mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/
• http//intermath.coe.uga.edu/
• http//math.rice.edu/lanius/Lessons/index.html
• http//mathforum.org/

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WebQuests

• Integration of technology
• Focus on critical thinking skills
• Not just a report of facts
• Student centered

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Web Quest Design

• Topic
• Orients students captures their interest
• start where youre 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

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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 arent 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)

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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

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More Web Quest Resources

• http//www.oconee.k12.sc.us/teachers/lharrison/200
  4/vermeerwq.htm
• http//www.jameshollis.com/WQ2/
• http//www.ccsd.net/schools/lummis/Hybarger/zoohom
  epage.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/worldcul
  tures/
• http//www.busyteacherscafe.com/webquests/solarsys
  tem/solarsystem_webquest.htm
• http//www.busyteacherscafe.com/webquests/solarsys
  tem/solarsystem_webquest.htm
• http//coe.west.asu.edu/students/cindelicato/intro
  .html
• http//www.milforded.org/schools/calfpen/jcox/wq/r
  evwar.html