Summer 1 Design II - Summer 1 Design II - Masters CourseMasters Course

Project DescriptionProject Description

Rocky Shore Field Trip Rocky Shore Field Trip “Web Quest”“Web Quest”

Where I StartedWhere I Started

The plan was to…The plan was to…

””organize a web quest of sorts for the organize a web quest of sorts for the students to work through. …to remove the students to work through. …to remove the parts where I just “talk” at them and parts where I just “talk” at them and replace it with seeded queries that result replace it with seeded queries that result in their learning the material almost by in their learning the material almost by osmosis”. osmosis”.

Lesson Plans…Lesson Plans…

Food WebsFood Webs Abiotic/biotic interrelationshipsAbiotic/biotic interrelationships Intro to ClassificationIntro to Classification Identification of rocky shore organismsIdentification of rocky shore organisms Zonation of the rocky shoreZonation of the rocky shore Sampling techniquesSampling techniques Data collection – temperatures, density, Data collection – temperatures, density,

salinity,volume, areasalinity,volume, area

The Problem…The Problem…

Too Aggressive a Goal !

Where I Ended UpWhere I Ended Up

After a couple of weeks, and with a fair After a couple of weeks, and with a fair amount of panic as an incentive, I came to amount of panic as an incentive, I came to the conclusion that if any headway were to the conclusion that if any headway were to be made I was going to have to redefine the be made I was going to have to redefine the depth to which I was going to proceed.depth to which I was going to proceed.

……to focus more on the preparation for the to focus more on the preparation for the field trip itself. This was still in keeping with field trip itself. This was still in keeping with my earlier design in that the final result is a my earlier design in that the final result is a more user friendly document that was more user friendly document that was based in technology – namely a web page. based in technology – namely a web page.

Beliefs Regarding Technology Beliefs Regarding Technology IntegrationIntegration

……technology is a necessary tool for technology is a necessary tool for education.education.““A poor carpenter blames his tools”. A poor carpenter blames his tools”.

……Don’t be so quick to discard Don’t be so quick to discard something simply because you something simply because you haven’t dedicated enough time to haven’t dedicated enough time to understanding the hidden value. understanding the hidden value.