Creating WebBased Activities Enhance instruction by using tools

Creating Web-Based Activities Enhance instruction by using tools and resources on the Internet with students for teaching and learning

The same…but different "Zen in the art of teaching with the Web. . . It's a lot like what you're already doing. It's unlike anything you've ever done before. " ---Tom March

Web-Enhanced Lessons Web-based tools can make it easy to develop collaborative, inquirybased curricula that motivates students of all learning styles and multiple intelligences.

What are some web-based activities? • • • Communication Collaboration Discussion Learning Games Exploration Research and Reference Web-and-Flow Simulations Assessment

How Do I Start An Internet Project? • • • Decide on a Topic Determine the Goals and Objectives Gather Resources Decide on the Type of Project Create your Project Determine your Evaluation Method

IKeep. Bookmarks • In order to best facilitate your exploration of the many different online tools available to you, we are going to utilize one to keep you organized. • www. ikeepbookmarks. com • Use this site to store your favorite websites and even share them with others.

Communication • First, let’s start with how you can easily communicate with your students: • www. schoolnotes. com • http: //wizard. hprtec. org/index. php 3 • Next let’s look at how you can facilitate communication between students: • www. gaggle. net

Collaboration • Encouraging students not only to “talk” to one another, but also to work together on assignments can be a valuable online tool. • http: //groups. yahoo. com • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page • You may also want to get your students involved in projects with other students around the country: • www. eduplace. com/projects/ • http: //www. ceismc. gatech. edu/busyt/proj. shtml

Discussion • Discussion is an important part of any classroom, but sometimes students hesitate expressing themselves in front of others for fear of ridicule. • www. blogger. com • Students may even need the input of real world experts. • www. askanexpert. com

Learning Games • • Fun games categorized by subject and/or grade levels www. funbrain. com http: //www. quia. com/shared/ Interactive student tools to help master specific concepts in each discipline (many which can be downloaded for free for Windows or Macintosh) • http: //illuminations. nctm. org/tools/index. aspx • http: //www. readwritethink. org/student_mat/index. asp • http: //www. sciencenetlinks. com/tool_index. cfm

Exploration • Due to budgetary limitations and more stringent safety precautions, the number of live field trips a teacher can plan may be limited, but a great alternative a virtual field trip. • www. tramline. com • http: //surfaquarium. com/IT/vft. htm • http: //www. uen. org/utahlink/tours/fieldtrips 2. htm

Research and Reference • There are numerous sites that have narrowed the amount of information students have to select from when completing research projects: • www. marcopolo-education. com • www. kn. pacbell. com/wired/bluewebn/ • There are other sites that make it easy to access even more information when completing research: • www. avl. lib. al. us • www. refdesk. com • www. bartleby. com

Web-and-Flow Activity Formats • Dr. Bernie Dodge and Tom March developed web-based activities for the various levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy: – – – Hotlists and Multimedia Scrapbooks Knowledge Hunts (Treasure/Scavenger Hunts) Subject Samplers Insight Reflectors Concept Builders Web. Quests • www. filamentality. com/wired/fil/index. html

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Simulations • Again, cost considerations may limit the number of hands-on activities and experiments that a teacher can perform in the classroom, but virtual simulations provide an alternative method of instruction. • www. exploratorium. com

Assessment • The web has even made expressing your expectations and evaluating outcomes much easier with online rubrics and testing centers. • www. 4 teachers. org • www. quizlab. com • www. studystack. com