webactivities

=Wonderful Web Activities= Why Web Activities? Engages Learners Makes Learning Anytime, Any place Differentiated Instruction



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__Hotlists and Multimedia Scrapbooks__ A hotlist is a list of frequently accessed websites (hyperlinks). In Netscape Navigator, the hotlist is called the //bookmark list.// In Internet Explorer, it's called the //Favorites folder.// There are many web-based "bookmarking" services that allow you to not only store and access your links from anywhere, but also allows you to share them with others. The difference between a hotlist and a multimedia scrapbook is that the former give resources that are primarily text-based while the latter provides websites that have numerous multimedia resources for download. Using hotlists saves students from endless sifting through the millions of websites available through search engines. It not only save you valuable time, but helps to prevent students from stumbling across inappropriate material through typos and naivity. Since you have already previewed all the sites, you know there will be the kind of up-to-date, unbiased, educationally relevant content students need for learning.
 * SAMPLE (My Favorites): http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/shawndra.johnson OR http://delicious.com/busyteacher
 * Blue Web'n Educational Websites: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html
 * Filamentality: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.html
 * 50+ Social Bookmarking Sites: http://mashable.com/2007/08/08/social-bookmarking-2/

__Scavenger (Treasure) Hunts__ Scavenger hunts build upon the hotlist by adding a specific question or a task for students to look for or complete as the visit the links. For younger students, providing one link for each question makes finding the answers easier. For older students, a list of questions and a list of 5-10 links on which they can search for the answers is a little more challenging.
 * SAMPLE (Offline)- [[file:APTPlus Antarctica Scavenger Hunt.pdf]]
 * SAMPLE-Yellowstone National Park Scavenger Hunt: http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/kidstuff/scavhunt/
 * Using/Creating Internet Scavenger Hunts: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Scavenger.html
 * List of Internet Scavenger Hunts: http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/scavenger.htm
 * Education World's Internet Scavenger Hunts (Printable): http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/hunt.shtml
 * Surfaquarium'd Top Online Field Trips: http://surfaquarium.com/IT/vft.htm

__Simulations__ Cost and safety 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. Simulations provide students with an opportunity to "experiment" without the consequences of failure. They problem-solve and think critically about processes and concepts through multiple attempts and tria-and-error.
 * Exploratorium Virtual Museum: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
 * SAMPLE- Cow Eye Dissection: http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html OR Fastball Reaction Time: http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/reactiontime.html
 * Thinkfinity (Interactive Student Materials): [|http://www.thinkfinity.com]
 * SAMPLE - Mare's Build-A-Fish: http://scienceview.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/fish.html OR Bobbie Bear: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=3

__Virtual Field Trips__ 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. Virtual field trips take students on a "tour" of a place or time that they may or may not be able to realistically visit, such as France, the Grand Canyon, colonial America, the solar system, inside the human body, etc. Presentation- http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dfsxfvm3_382vdsfp5d8
 * SAMPLE- Grand Canyon Virtual Tour: http://www.grandcanyon.org/fieldinstitute/virtualtour.asp
 * List of Virtual Field Trips: http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/virtual_fieldtrips.htm
 * Tramline: http://www.field-guides.com/trips.htm
 * UEN's Virtual Classroom Field Trips: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/

__WebQuests__ A WebQuest is an inquiry-based, online activity that takes learners beyond facts to work collaboratively to solve a problem. It provides all learners with basic knowledge about a subject by asking prompting questions and providing websites to help them discover the answers. In a typical WebQuest, students are given a task to solve and usually work in groups. Each student is assigned a “role” and investigates the task from that perspective, becoming an expert on one aspect of a topic. The groups each tackle their task with a unique set of questions and websites to guide their investigation. A WebQuest concludes with the groups reconvening to share and summarize their perspectives and engage in a joint activity to share their interpretations. While WebQuests may be considered the most complex of the online activity formats, they offer in-depth learning, fulfilling such learning goals as problem-solving, collaborative learning, hands-on and inquiry-based exploration, perspective-taking, and improved presentation skills. Presentation- http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dfsxfvm3_3988b8tg4dp
 * My Own WebQuest about WebQuests: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfsxfvm3_134d872qp
 * TeachersFirst WebQuest 101: http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml
 * SAMPLE- http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Lessons/emergency/index.htm
 * SAMPLE (Offline)- [[file:very busy spiders webquest.doc]] OR [[file:No Teacher Left Behind Webquest.doc]]
 * FIND WEBQUESTS: http://webquest.org/search/index.php

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