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Integrating Technology Projects

 

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PASCO
Science Workshop

www.pasco.com
Science probes

 

Hyperstudio
www.hyperstudio.com
A multi-media program
that includes drawing tools.

 

Inspiration www.inspiration.com
Concept Mapping Program
Classroom Connect
www.classroomconnect.com
Internet Training
Material
Microsoft Office
Programs
Programs
www.microsoft.com/education/k12
Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
AccessLessons and tips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Planning Website - this site was designed by Janine Sampino
a Professional Developer at Nassau BOCES. 
It is an excellent site
that will help you plan "how to integrate technology into your curriculum".

Trackstar -
TrackStar is an on-line interface that helps instructors organize
and annotate on-line resources (URLs) and file them in the TrackStar database.
Great site for developing WebQuests and internet projects.

Internet Project Links - Visit Mrs. Cave's Hot list of Internet Projects.

Ed's Oasis Web Site - To help teachers know where to go on the
Internet by providing links to high-quality, curriculum-aligned,
standards-supporting, student-centered
web sites.

WWWResearch Lesson Library - Teaching a new unit? Need a
lesson that uses the WWW? Check out this site.

C.E.R.F - Curriculum and Education Resource Finder - this site is password protected for Nassau County Teachers (see the instructor for your school login and password). This website will help you find tens of thousands of carefully selected information-rich instructional documents.

 

KEYPALemail animated.gif (28681 bytes) Sites:

Keypals Club International The Kids on the Web Pen Pal Connection
KidLink PenPal Box

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Web Quests

WebQuest is an Internet activity that focuses on several stategies in order to motivate students to become active learners. WebQuests use a central question that comes from a real scenario. The WebQuest question forces the student to transform the information they obtain into something that they must understand,hypothesize, compare, and resolve.
 
Key ideas behind Webquests, check out the article Tom March wrote called, Why WebQuests? An Introduction. (March, 1995).

Designing a WebQuest

Filamentality - Create an internet hotlist, scavenger hunt or a webquest. Filamentality will guide you through the process.

WebQuest Taxonomy
How to design the right task for your topic.

Rubric for Assessment  
The rubric is one authentic assessment tool which is designed to simulate real life activity where students are engaged in solving real-life problems. It is a formative type of assessment because it becomes an ongoing part of the whole teaching and learning process.   
                                   

WebQuest Design Templates
Lesson objectives, tasks, resources, procedure and outcomes all layed out in a lesson format.

A Collection of WebQuest Lessons

Filamentality - Click on FIND in Filamentality and search the Filamentality databases of activities. Lists of WebQuests created in various settings, mostly University courses and workshops.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm
WebQuest Matrix - over 200 webquests by grade level
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html
WebQuests Designed by Bellmore-Merrick School District
http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/webquest.html
Web Quests and Lessons by Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School Creating Web-based lessons: Webquests and other internet projects
www.esc20.net/etprojects/
WebQuests created in July, 1999
www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webquest.htm
Curriculum Resources - by grade level
www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/webquest.html
WebQuest Sites
From the Sullivan School District
WebQuests - Designed by Loudoun County Public Schools in Virgina
WebQuest - A collection of Internet Activities by EAST BUCHANAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WebQuest Start with search engine hits
(WebQuest)

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Teaching Foreign Language Forum Language Learning on the World Wide Web American Council on Teaching Foreign Language Ohio University Language Resources
VCU Trail Guide to International Sites Language Resources WWW Foreign Language Resources page at Berkeley World Learning   Online Resources Lonely Planet - Virtual Tours
Lingnet Language resources TESOL Home Page University of Minnesota Foreign Language Resources  

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