Web Based Instructional Strategies

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Web Based Instructional Strategies

• Technology Integration Institute (TI2)
• P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School
• July 26-30, 2004

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Topic Hotlists-Curricular Goals

• ? To enhance an existing unit
• ? To encourage students to explore individual
  areas of interest
• To enable students to openly explore a topic

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HotList Examples

• Math Hotlist
• China on the Net

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Knowledge Hunts

• To acquire specific information about a topic
  that may not be available elsewhere

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Knowledge Hunt Examples

• Treasures of China
• Black History Past to Present

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WebQuests

• To engage in higher level thinking or problem
  solving

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WebQuest Supersite

• http//webquest.org/

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Multimedia Scrapbook

• To gather and organize information in multiple
  formats (i.e. video, pictures, audio, etc.) about
  a particular topic

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Multimedia Example

• Exploring China Scrapbook

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Subject Sampler

• To motivate a student to explore a topic
• ? To connect affectively to a topic
• To encourage students to respond from their
  perspective

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Subject Sampler Example

• My China
• American Revolution Sampler

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Insight Reflector

• ? To facilitate personal reflection
• ? To consider new perspectives
• To promote reflective writing

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Telecollaborative Activities

• To collaborate with distant peers on
  curriculum-focused activities

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Telecollaborative Examples

• Interpersonal Exchanges
• Information Collection and Analysis
• Problem Solving

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Insight Reflector Example

• The Otherness of the Past

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Digital Resources

• ? Expose students to authentic data
• ? Allow students to explore material as
  professionals may
• Encourage students to think critically about
  material, interpret from multiple perspectives
  and make connections among events and disciplines

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Digital Resources

• Digital Resource Center

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Virtual Fieldtrip

• ? To help students synthesize what they have
  learned on a class fieldtrip.
• ? To prepare students for an upcoming fieldtrips
• ? To students students with information about
  areas they are unable to visit as a class
• To provide students with information about areas
  their teacher visited.(Beal and Mason, 1999)

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Virtual Fieldtrip

• Tusk Tour

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Simulations

• ? Enable students to conduct experiments
• ? Enable students to visualize concepts or
  processes typically invisible
• Promote understanding of hard to grasp concepts.

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Simulation Examples

• Funderstanding Roller coaster
• Interactive Math Projects
• The Water flea
• The Jamestown Online Adventure
• How the Body Works