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

2. 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

3. 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.

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

5. 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

6. 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.
Use this site to store your favorite websites and even share them with others.

8. Communication
First, let’s start with how you can easily communicate with your students:
Next let’s look at how you can facilitate communication between students:

11. Collaboration
Encouraging students not only to “talk” to one another, but also to work together on assignments can be a valuable online tool.
You may also want to get your students involved in projects with other students around the country:

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

14. Learning Games Fun games categorized by subject and/or grade levels
Interactive student tools to help master specific concepts in each discipline (many which can be downloaded for free for Windows or Macintosh)

16. 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.

17. Research and Reference
There are numerous sites that have narrowed the amount of information students have to select from when completing research projects:
There are other sites that make it easy to access even more information when completing research:

19. 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

20. Which web-and-flow do I use?
Click here to learn more.

21. 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.

23. Assessment
The web has even made expressing your expectations and evaluating outcomes much easier with online rubrics and testing centers.