Developing Students Developing Students Creativity Creativity

& & Critical Thinking Critical Thinking

SkillsSkillsUsing Web-Based ActivitiesUsing Web-Based Activities

by by Felicia GellFelicia GellED-5700ED-5700June 27, 2010June 27, 2010

As educators, we need to As educators, we need to constantly find constantly find

new ways to encourage our new ways to encourage our students students

to think creatively and critically…to think creatively and critically…

……thinking outside the boxthinking outside the box!!

Vital to our future…Vital to our future… Ability to work in teamsAbility to work in teams FlexibilityFlexibility Problem solveProblem solve Need to filter and verify vast Need to filter and verify vast amounts of informationamounts of information Ambiguities of lifeAmbiguities of life Varying perspectivesVarying perspectives Motivation from authentic and Motivation from authentic and

meaningful learningmeaningful learning Develops higher order thinking Develops higher order thinking

skillsskills

Integrating Web-Based Integrating Web-Based Activities is…Activities is…

……engaging, motivational for engaging, motivational for inquiry learninginquiry learning

……all encompassing, yet specificall encompassing, yet specific

……simple to initiatesimple to initiate

Various Web-Based Various Web-Based Activities…Activities…

Several formats to choose from Several formats to choose from

based on what you want to accomplish…based on what you want to accomplish…

What is a Hotlist?What is a Hotlist?

Basic building block Basic building block Teacher created Teacher created Supplements traditional teaching Supplements traditional teaching

materials materials Focused Focused Efficient Efficient Promotes differentiated learning Promotes differentiated learning

Example: Example: American RevolutionAmerican Revolution

What is a Scrapbook?What is a Scrapbook?

Organization of varied resources into Organization of varied resources into categories and/or projects. categories and/or projects.

Benefits:Benefits: Control Control Choice Choice Competency Competency Connectedness Connectedness

Example: Example: Exploring China: a ScrapbookExploring China: a Scrapbook

What are Treasure What are Treasure Hunts?Hunts?

The Hunt The Hunt The TreasureThe Treasure

Benefits:Benefits: Provide critical guidance Provide critical guidance Synthesis and higher order thinking skills Synthesis and higher order thinking skills The big picture The big picture Encourages focused readingEncourages focused reading Fosters sharing, consensus building Fosters sharing, consensus building InferenceInference

Examples:Examples:An An exampleexample for younger students for younger students

This one is a little more This one is a little more intricateintricate, for older , for older students!students!

What are Subject What are Subject Samplers?Samplers? Teacher initiated Teacher initiated

Hands on Hands on Varied sites Varied sites Students then choose Students then choose Interaction and personal perspectiveInteraction and personal perspective

BenefitsBenefits Encourages students to "buy in" to the topic Encourages students to "buy in" to the topic

studied studied Choice Choice Control Control Emotional Connectedness Emotional Connectedness

Example:Example: Facing Facts: PrejudiceFacing Facts: Prejudice

What are What are WebQuestsWebQuests?? Require the highest order thinking skills Require the highest order thinking skills

of the web-based activities scaffolded here. of the web-based activities scaffolded here.

WebQuests are deliberately designed to make the best WebQuests are deliberately designed to make the best use of a student’s time. use of a student’s time.

Structure:Structure: Introduction Introduction TaskTask Process Process Evaluation Evaluation Conclusion Conclusion CreditsCredits Teacher PageTeacher Page

So much more about So much more about WebQuests…WebQuests…

Inquiry-orientedInquiry-oriented Exploration and evaluation Exploration and evaluation No time restrictions No time restrictions Cooperative learning with a clear Cooperative learning with a clear

purpose purpose FocusedFocused

The Art of Creating…The Art of Creating…

A A webquestwebquest about webquests… about webquests…

Simple! Simple!

Critical components: Critical components: Doable and interesting task Doable and interesting task Promotes higher level thinking skills Promotes higher level thinking skills Web-based Web-based Intricate, relevant learning experienceIntricate, relevant learning experience

The Original ArchitectThe Original ArchitectBernie Dodge, Bernie Dodge,

WebQuest creator, on his first WebQuest lesson:WebQuest creator, on his first WebQuest lesson:

"I enjoyed walking around and helping where necessary and "I enjoyed walking around and helping where necessary and listening to the buzz of conversations as students pooled listening to the buzz of conversations as students pooled

their notes and tried to come to a decision. The things they their notes and tried to come to a decision. The things they were talking about were much deeper and more were talking about were much deeper and more

multifaceted than I had ever heard from them. That multifaceted than I had ever heard from them. That evening I realized that this was a different way to teach -- evening I realized that this was a different way to teach --

and that I loved it!“ and that I loved it!“ More on thisMore on this

Some Online Authoring Some Online Authoring Sites:Sites:

QuestGarden (free trial, QuestGarden (free trial, $20/year) $20/year)

Filamentality (free!)Filamentality (free!) ZWebQuest (free!)ZWebQuest (free!) PHPWebQuest (free!)PHPWebQuest (free!) TeacherWeb ($27/year)TeacherWeb ($27/year)

Web Inquiry Projects Web Inquiry Projects (WIP)(WIP)

Provide an authentic inquiry learning Provide an authentic inquiry learning experience by: experience by: getting students interested in a topicgetting students interested in a topic providing examples of good inquiry-oriented providing examples of good inquiry-oriented

questions questions describing sound methods for answering these describing sound methods for answering these

questionsquestions describing ways students can convincingly describing ways students can convincingly

present their findingspresent their findings

Webquests: StructuredWebquests: Structured Web Inquiry: Web Inquiry: Guided/openGuided/open

For a wonderfully detailed powerpoint presentation, For a wonderfully detailed powerpoint presentation, click here… click here…

then scroll down and click on then scroll down and click on Webquests vs. Inquiry: Whose Question is it, Anyway?Webquests vs. Inquiry: Whose Question is it, Anyway?

How to…?How to…?

Here’s a perfect example of how Here’s a perfect example of how

I would incorporate a WebQuest into a I would incorporate a WebQuest into a unit!unit!

(lesson plan spread out over several wikispace (lesson plan spread out over several wikispace pages…)pages…)

And finally…And finally…

ResourcesResourcesAT&T. (2010). Filamentality. Retrieved from AT&T. (2010). Filamentality. Retrieved from hthttp://tp://

www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/formats.htmlwww.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/formats.html

Dodge, B. (2009, April 09). Dodge, B. (2009, April 09). A Webquest about webquestsA Webquest about webquests. Retrieved from. Retrieved fromhttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-hs.htmlhttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-hs.html

Dodge, B. (2007). Dodge, B. (2007). Webquest.orgWebquest.org. Retrieved from . Retrieved from http://http://webquest.orgwebquest.org//

Kopchka, T. (Artist). (2008). Kopchka, T. (Artist). (2008). Webquest 101 part 1 what is a webquest?Webquest 101 part 1 what is a webquest?. [Web]. Retrieved. [Web]. Retrievedfrom from http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?vwww.youtube.com/watch?v=o4rel5qOPvU=o4rel5qOPvU

Krauss, M. (2000, October 07). Krauss, M. (2000, October 07). Let's create web-base learning activities!Let's create web-base learning activities!. Retrieved from. Retrieved fromhttp://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/ORTESOL2000web/home.htmlhttp://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/ORTESOL2000web/home.html

Molebash, P. (n.d.). Molebash, P. (n.d.). Web inquiry projectsWeb inquiry projects. Retrieved from http://webinquiry.org/. Retrieved from http://webinquiry.org/

QuestGarden, Inc. (2010). QuestGarden, Inc. (2010). QuestgardenQuestgarden. Retrieved from http://questgarden.com/. Retrieved from http://questgarden.com/

Starr, L. (2009, January 07). Starr, L. (2009, January 07). Education world: meet bernie dodge: the frank lloyd wrightEducation world: meet bernie dodge: the frank lloyd wrightof learning environmentsof learning environments. Retrieved from . Retrieved from http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat015.shtmlhttp://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat015.shtml

The creativity company - thinking outside the box?The creativity company - thinking outside the box?. (2008). [Web]. Retrieved from. (2008). [Web]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQN0qrQ0AI&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQN0qrQ0AI&feature=related

Wavelength. (Producer). (2007). Wavelength. (Producer). (2007). The best teacher inservice everThe best teacher inservice ever. [Web]. Retrieved from. [Web]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqmLiWvoRfA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqmLiWvoRfA&feature=related