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, inquiry-based 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

IKeepBookmarks 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.php3 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/fieldtrips2.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 WebQuests 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.4teachers.org www.quizlab.com www.studystack.com