Part 3:

Technology Enhanced Instruction

3.1
Evaluating internet information

3.2
Using the internet to enhance the curriculum

Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum

3.1 Evaluating Internet Information

Visit the website http://www2.mlc-wels.edu/grunwald/website.htm. This webpage is a lesson used at MLC to focus future educators on the necessity for website validity techniques, techniques that should be discussed even at the grade school level. Please read through the last two parts of the assignment; Now, a true story about Zack: and Activity: What have you learned?  Be certain to visit and read Alan November's article The Web -- Teaching Zack to Think. http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html

Do you instruct the students at your school concerning how to evaluate internet information?
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3.2 Using the Internet to enhance the curriculum:

This section focuses on curricular resource materials available on the Internet. We will take an investigative look at virtual field trips, scavenger hunts, WebQuests, research modules, and "slam dunks." Visit the sites explaining each main resource and any additional links that are of interest to you.

1. Electronic Field Trips (also know as virtual or guided tours):
   What are Guided Tours/Virtual Field Trips and why use them?
   http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Guided.html - "Guided Tours" from Spartanburg School District
   http://www.field-guides.com/develop.htm - "Field Trips" powered by Tramline: http://www.field-trips.org/abouttram.htm)
   http://trackstar.4teachers.org/ - TrackStar software for creating online lessons and activities
   http://trailfire.com/ - TrailFire a web collection and annotation tool similar to TrackStar

   Additional links and examples of Field Trips:
   Zoos: http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr080.shtml
   Museums (various): http://www.museumspot.com/
   Museums (Smithsonian): http://www.si.edu/
   Museums (British Museum): http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
   Africa: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
   Virtual Tours site: http://www.virtualfreesites.com/museums.interest.html
   Aquifer (elementary or middle): http://www.spokaneaquifer.org/kids/

2. Scavenger Hunts:
   What are scavenger hunts and why use them?
   http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WhyScavHunts.html
   http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Scavenger.html (overview page of resources)

   Additional links to sample Scavenger Hunts:
   Crisscrossing the Country: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson195.shtml
   Animals of the World: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson068.shtml
   Dinosaurs: http://www.spiritsd.ca/teacherresources/science/themes/dinosaurs/hunt.htm
   Hunt activities: http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html

3. WebQuests were mentioned on several occasions in the chapter.
   What are WebQuests and why use them?
   http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
   What are WebQuests (Really) http://bestwebquests.com/what_webquests_are.asp
   If interested, visit the links on WebQuests provided below.
       WebQuest Portal http://webquest.org/
       WebQuest Training http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm
       WebQuest Garden http://questgarden.com/
       Best WebQuests by Tom March http://bestwebquests.com/
       Kathy Schrock's Guide to WebQuests http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
       Everything WebQuest http://www.ozline.com/learning/

   Some Additional examples:
   First Grade Keypals: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/keypals/index.html
   Light in the Forest: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/lewis/litf/index.html

   The WELS has also created a website of WebQuests at http://www2.mlc-wels.edu/webquests/ which includes links to help you understand and create WebQuests. Note the WebQuests created by WELS teachers. (If you have a particular WebQuest you would like to create, help is available to construct the pages and post the WebQuest to this site.)
   

4. Research Modules:
   What are Research Modules and why use them?
   An overview of the main components and process behind creating a Research Module.
   http://questioning.org/module/module.html
   
   "South Africa Apartheid" example http://my.athenet.net/~vetter/

5. Slam Dunks:
   What is a Slam Dunk?
   http://fno.org/sept02/slamdunk.html "The Slam Dunk Digital Lesson" September, 2002
   http://questioning.org/module2/quick.html Module Maker II - an overview of the main components and process behind creating a Slam Dunk Digital lesson (Summarizes the article "The Slam Dunk Digital Lesson".)
   http://questioning.org/module3/slamdunk6.ppt - PowerPoint based template for 6-step Slam Dunk.

   "Which Hurricane?" example http://questioning.org/module2/storm1.html

   "At What Risk" example http://my.athenet.net/~gpotratz/

   Five Types of Slam Dunk Lessons: (with examples of each)
   http://fno.org/sum04/fivekinds.html - article by Jamie McKenzie, summer 2004
   http://questioning.org/module2/5types.html - examples of each type
    

   "Nothing But Net" article by Jamie McKenzie http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/march-april-2006/how-to.html from the March/April 2006 issue of EdTech: Focus on K-12 magazine. This article seems applicable as you learn about creating "Slam Dunk Digital Lessons" and introduces a new "NoTime" type of Slam Dunk (see link below). Some excellent links are contained in the article if you are interested.

   The NoTime SlamDunk Digital Lesson http://questioning.org/jan06/notime.html