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
  • Blog about educational technology blogs (too bad it hasn't been updated in a year and a half)
• 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
    • Asynchronous
    • Push
  • Discussion Boards
    • Asynchronous
    • Pull
    • Available to our class through Blackboard
    • Newsgroups
      • http://groups.google.com/
  • 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:
      • http://teachers.net/chatrooms/one/
        • There was actually some education-related conversation when I last year; no one was there when I visited yesterday.
        • Also check out the discussion boards at http://teachers.net/mentors/
      • http://www.tappedin.org/
        • Includes projects and special chat events
  • What are the pros and cons of synchronous discussions (chats)?
• WebQuests
  • Introductory PowerPoint (available in Blackboard)
  • WebQuest Resources
    • Introduction to WebQuests
    • The WebQuest Portal (from the inventor of the idea, Bernie Dodge)
    • The Learning Power of WebQuests
    • The Teacher's Role in CyberSpace
    • Steps in designing a WebQuest
  • Templates
    • WebQuest Template
    • Another WebQuest Template
    • My Simplified WebQuest Template (easy to edit in HTML)
    • Find examples that you can borrow such as
      • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm
  • 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?

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This page was prepared by: David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.

Last updated: July 30, 2008