ET630 Agenda Class Morning
- Questions and Announcements
- Project II due today (for those needing strict
deadlines)
- All Projects Due Next Class
- Because most projects are turned in electronically,
there is nothing for most of you to pick up. However:
- If you leave me a self-addressed-stamped envelope
with the proper postage with your projects, I will return them via
mail.
- Otherwise, you can pick them up from me after they
are graded (possibly in a class next semester)
- Be Prepared to Present a Project Next Class
- Questions
- Web Site of Interest
- Instructor Evaluations
- Write and bubble my faculty code: 71046
- Write and bubble the course number: ET630.51
- Project Presentations
- Lisa Chantiny
- Kelly Jones
- Megan McGolrick
- Sarah Dripps and Natalie Welch
- Joshua Chang
- Jennifer Aragon
- Review of Web Addresses
- I wasn't planning to do this, but some questions indicate that some of you are not clear on these concepts
- Check out the slightly-dated handout
- Online Discussions
- Types
- Asynchronous vs. Synchronous
- Push vs. Pull
- Web-based vs. non-web-based
- Listservs
- Discussion Boards
- Asynchronous
- Pull
- Available to our class through Blackboard
- Newsgroups
- Web-based Chat
- Synchronous
-
Chat Avenue
- Talk
City (includes chat and discussion boards)
- Yahoo
Messenger Chat (requires Yahoo Messenger and is no longer
Web-based)
- Search for teacher chat in any search engine and
you might find:
- What are the pros and cons of synchronous discussions (chats)?
- WebQuests
- Introductory PowerPoint (available in Blackboard)
- WebQuest Resources
- Templates
- Places to create WebQuests
- QuestGarden
(used to be free, but now they charge)
- Use a template and post it to any web site
- Places to find pre-made WebQuests
- http://webquest.org/
- click on Find WebQuests (after search, highest rated are at the top)
- http://bestwebquests.com/
- only top rated ones
- Search the web (google gets about 2 - 3 million--up from
810,000 two years ago--hits on the word "WebQuest")
- In-class Activity
- Think about the six features of a WebQuest
- Authentic
- Challenging Task
- Based on Essential Question
- Collaborative Approach
- Involves Higher-order Thinking Skills
- Scaffolding to Manage and Synthesize Information
into Knowledge
- Think about your Critical Information Literacy Project
- How are they similar and how are they different?
- Could you have done your project as WebQuest?
- The
Case of "Black Invention Myths" Wrap-up
- With all we have learned this semester, how can you use
a site like this?
- How would you want your students to think about a site
like this?
- How would you get them to think in that way?
Return to ET630 Home Page.
This page was prepared by: David
M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Last updated: July 30, 2008
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