let’s get wired! using technology to enhance learning
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Let’s Get Wired!
Using Technology to Enhance Learning
Our Students…
Quick Quiz
T or F. Technology is a cure-all.T or F. Technology is a baby
sitter.T or F. All students know how to
use technology appropriately.T or F. Technology is a great
way to enhance learning!
Today’s Lesson
• Internet Lesson (Web Lesson)• Scavenger Hunt (Treasure
Hunt)• Subject Sampler• WebQuest• PBL
Internet Lesson• Worksheet that guides
students through sites on the web, usually has a theme
• Lowest levels of Bloom’s• Let’s get Brainy…
Scavenger Hunt• Learning tool to help students use
internet resources & information• Usually uses multiple sites• Teachers pre-select websites• Can be used for simple fact finding
or more…the questions determine rigor
• Many have a “final question” for summary
• Students can easily create & share
Creating a Scavenger Hunt
1.) Decide on a topic2.) Find a collection of websites3.) Determine questions from
websites-put link in question-put link before a set of questions
4.) Put in .pdf, .doc, or html (etc.)
Scavenger Hunt Examples
• Language Arts: http://www.montana.edu/4teachers/instcomp/hunts/language/yellowtrip/webpage2.html
• Art: http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/renart.html• Math:
http://homepages.ius.edu/JKAISE01/lessons/saveng.htm• Government:
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/9112/NNHunt.html
• Science: http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/classrooms/middleteam/learning/scienceinternet.html
• Auto Tech: http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/InternetHunt/autohunt.htm
Your Turn !• Take the next 5 minutes and…
– Find a scavenger hunt on a current topic you are teaching•OR
– Think of a topic that you would like to create one on & find 2 websites that you could use
Feelings…Nothing more than Feelings: The
Subject Sampler• Students explore collection of links,
includes questions based on content from the sites AND how they feel or react to it
• Students share their perspectives on topics, comparisons to their experiences, and their interpretations
• More complex…higher level thinking than a scavenger hunt
Creating a Subject Sampler
• Similar to scavenger hunt except– Students are not looking for
“hard facts” so the questioning will be different
Subject Sampler Examples
• The Depression: http://www.nisd.net/holmes/technology/integration/subj_samp/calber/depression.htm
• Colonial America: http://www.ccsdedtech.com/cc/projects/subjectsampler/colonial/index.html
• DNA Technology: http://www.sunnysidescience.com/dna_technology_subject_sampler.htm
• Money Matters: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/democracy/sampler.html#act
WebQuests
• Thinking outside the box, Bloom’s highest level of learning
• Student Groups receive a task, scenario, or problem to solve
• They have to come up with a solution based upon their research.
• They become the expert, not you!
How to create a webquest
• Background information• Pick a task, problem, or scenario• Research Resources• Choose a product for students to
share their information– Lessons, Brochures, Working
Models, Debates, Newspaper Articles…
Essential Parts to Webquest
• Introduction: for motivation/intrigue• Task: overview of what students will
be doing• Process: exact steps, group roles, etc
(descriptive & sequential)• Links: give students a place to start • Evaluation: rubric, etc• Conclusion: main goal of project to
keep students on track, provides closure
Webquest Examples
• Language Arts: http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/webweavers/jillc/mbird.html • Math: http://www.otsego.k12.oh.us/bernthisel/carshoppingwebquest.htm
• Social Studies: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy/debtquest.html
• Science:http://www.gilmerschools.com/education/sctemp/bcdca5e0e76d9051d03f3b77bcbea844/1189806270/atomic_and_nuclear_physics_webquest.doc
• P.E./Health:
http://imet.csus.edu/imet2/nicher/toohotwebquest/index.html • Weight Training:
http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/PE/physed/WEBQUEST.HTM
• Family & Consumer Sciences: http://www.d91.k12.id.us/ifhs/subpages/Media_Center/trading%20spaces.htm