Internet-Based Instructional Strategies Grades K-12

ByPatricia Campbell

Work Cited:March, Tom. “Working the Web for Education.” Ozline. August 1997. 28 May 2011 http://tommarch.com/writings/theory.php

Included in This Presentation

1. Topic Hotlists2. Multimedia Scrapbooks3. Treasure Hunt4. Subject Sampler5. WebQuest6. Virtual Fieldtrip7. Streaming Media

Topic Hotlist

Definition: A collection of the most useful or interesting Web sites, related to a specific topic, that you would like your students to view. Hotlists are similar to having a stack of Library books in your classroom for students to browse.

Benefits: 1. Saves students time searching the Web by providing students with instant

access to useful sites2. Provides a variety of information about a specific topic3. Allows you to add Web resources to a unit or activity that you have

already prepared

What’s Missing: What you want your students to achieve will not be part of your Hotlist. It will most likely be on a separate handout.

How to Create a Topic Hotlist

1. Go to http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ (Filamentality)2. Click “Start a New Page,” and follow the prompts for creating a username and passwordhttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/lognew.html3. Click “Spin This Thing”4. Click “Add Links”5. Choose a Search Engine provided (towards the bottom), and conduct a search for your topic.6. When you find useful links about your topic, copy and paste the Web address for each link into the “Location”

section on the “Add Links” page.7. Give a “Title” and short “Description” to each link.8. When all of your links have been added, Click “Hotlist.”9. Choose a Main Title for your Hotlist and an Introduction ( or a set one can be provided for you).10. Use the prompts to categorize your links and choose colors for “Background, Text, Links, and Links Visited.”11. Click “Hotlist” and view your completed Hotlist (which can now be found online) by clicking on the provided

Web address.Example of my Topic Hotlist: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listplanetsca.html

Multimedia Scrapbook

Definition: provides links to different media and content (video, photographs, maps, stories, sound clips, virtual tours, quotations, etc.) about a specific topic. Students use these Scrapbook links to download or copy and paste aspects of the topic they find most important into different formats (newsletter, collage, Hyperstudio, bulletin board, Web page).

Benefits: 1) Student creations will be from a variety of resources. 2) Students can explore information based on their interests 3) Offers an open, student-centered approach to learning

What’s Missing: Similar to a Hotlist, specific learning is not targeted in the creation of a Scrapbook. Rather, it is used to gather information that can then be used to arrive at a specific goal.

How to Create a Multimedia Scrapbook

1. Go to Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/2. “Start a New Page” or “Edit an Existing Page.”3. Follow the prompts to add new links or use existing links.4. Enter an introduction (or one can be provided for you).5. Enter a “culminating question” for students to consider when

creating their scrapbooks.6. Categorize your links.6. Click “Scrapbook” to view your completed Multimedia

Scrapbook

Example of my Multimedia Scrapbook http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/scrapplanetsca.html

Treasure Hunt

Definition: A collection of 10-15 links that you have gathered to provide your students with essential information (text, sound, video, graphics) about a specific topic of study. For each link provided, pose one key question that your students must find the answer to by viewing the provided links.

Benefits: 1. Develops solid knowledge of a topic2. Students use a deeper thought process when locating answers

to questions3. Creating a “Big Question” can help students make sense of

what they have learned

How To Create a Treasure Hunt

1. Go to Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/2. Create a Main Topic, Username, and password (Just as you would

to create a Hotlist and Scrapbook) or “Edit an Existing page.”3. Click “Spin This Thing”4. Add all Links to pertaining sites and information5. Click “Hunt”6. Design a question for each link provided about the information

you feel is essential for your students to learn.7. Customize an Introduction and culminating question (or one can

be provided for you).8. Choose your design colors and click “Hunt”Example of my Treasure Hunt:http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/huntplanetsca.html

Subject Sampler

Definition: A small (half a dozen) list of interesting Web sites about a specific topic for students to interact with and respond to personally.

Benefits: Instead of finding the answers to specific questions, Subject Sampler’s allow students to share their opinions and perspectives about a topic with a community of learners.

How To Create A Subject Sampler

1. Go to Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/2. Insert your username, password, and topic or “Edit an Existing

Page.” Click “Spin this Thing”3. Insert links and page designs. Click “Sampler”4. Review the “Guide to Good Questions” page providedhttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/tips/good_questions.html5. Add questions, a title, an introduction (or one can be provided),

and conclusion (or one can be provided). Click “Sampler.”Example of my Sampler:http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/samplanetsca.html

WebQuest

Definition: An activity that challenges groups of students to use higher order thinking skills to consider what they have learned about a topic from a variety of online resources. The products of WebQuests can receive feedback from other students all over the world.

Topics: It is best to choose topics that are often under dispute or that allow for various perspectives and points of view. Current events, social topics, and environmental issues work best.

Benefits: 1. Goes beyond just learning facts 2. Promotes a higher level of thinking 3. Allows students to reflect on a topic and share their perspective 4. May be a good way to introduce a topic, and then proceed with a Treasure Hunt or Subject Sampler.

How To Prepare for a WebQuest

1. Students can begin by first learning some background information about the given topic.

2. Divide students into groups and assign each student with a specific job that allows him or her to become the “expert” of that particular part of the topic.

3. As a group, students must combine their individual tasks to create a final product (such as emailing real world experts).

How To Create A WebQuest

1. Go to Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil2. Click “Start a New Page” or “Edit an Existing page.”3. Enter the “Main Topic,” your “Username,” your “Password,” and your “Email.”4. Click “Add Links.” Enter “Titles,” “Location,” “Descriptions,” and click “WebQuest.”5. Review your links, create category names for each link, categorize your links, and

click “WebQuest.”6. Click “Customize the Text.”7. Add an “Introduction,” a “Task,” and “Instructions.”8. Include “Background Information,” and assign student “Roles.”9. Enter specific “Instructions” and “Links.”10. Consider a “Conclusion.”11. Click “Post.” Your WebQuest is complete!Example of my WebQuesthttp://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/webspaceshca.html

Virtual Field Tripand

Live Streaming Video

Virtual Field Trips: Students can take these Internet trips without leaving the classroom! For Example: Kennedy Space Center http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html

Live Streaming Video: Access to Internet-based VideoFor Example: NASA KSC Video Feedhttp://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/