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Web-based Activities Adapted from the Spartanburg District 3 website http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Resources.html

Web-based Activities Adapted from the Spartanburg District 3 website http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Resources.html. USCS | An Adventure of the American Mind | Revised: 06/08/04. Types of Internet Actiivities. Hotlists Guided Tours Scavenger Hunts/ Treasure Hunts Webquests

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Web-based Activities Adapted from the Spartanburg District 3 website http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Resources.html

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  1. Web-based ActivitiesAdapted from the Spartanburg District 3 websitehttp://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Resources.html USCS | An Adventure of the American Mind | Revised: 06/08/04

  2. Types of Internet Actiivities • Hotlists • Guided Tours • Scavenger Hunts/ Treasure Hunts • Webquests • Higher-level WebQuests

  3. Hotlists • The foundation of any of the various web-based activities • Compiled and organized list of resources/ web sites • May just include headings, depending on how much information you want provided about the resources • May or may not include directions or short descriptions of what is at each site listed • Can be organized in any number of ways

  4. Hotlist Examples • Anne Frank Hotlist 1 http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/anne_frank.htm • Miami Museum Hotlist http://www.miamisci.org/hotlists/ • Franklin Institute Hotlist of Hotlists http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html

  5. Guided Tours • A heavily controlled web-based activity stressing discovery and analysis • Teachers find Internet resources for students to use in advance of class, and provide them to students in any of the following ways: • A folder under a single topic containing bookmarks to the web pages • A web page with links for students to follow • A guided tour hand-out with the links on it to have each student type in the URL's and write in answers

  6. Guided Tour Examples • Compare and Contrast: Past and Present http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/emily_tallon/New%20Folder/webpage/webpage2.htm • Females and Industry http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/pam_flynn/index.htm • Amazing Americans http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/mary_worthy/index.htm • Guided Tour Template http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/guidedtourtemplate.htm

  7. Scavenger Hunts/ Treasure Hunts • Can be as controlled or as unrestricted you want it to be. In more controlled situations: • Students can discover answers to questions using links a teacher may have previously investigated and then provided. • Students can be directed to age-oriented search engines only, like Yahooligans http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

  8. Scavenger Hunt Examples • Celebrating South Carolina Using American  Memory http://www.spartanburg6.k12.sc.us/loes/myweb/webpage/index.htm • Select a Decade http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Scavdec.htm • Astronaut Scavenger Hunt (completed) http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/AstronautScavenger.htm • Scavenger Hunt Template http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/ScavTemp.html

  9. WebQuests • Constructed around a scenario of interest to students and are project-oriented • Includes the links that are appropriate for students to research as well as suggestions for further research • Divided into sections that include an Introduction, a Process, a Task, a list of Resources, a Conclusion, and method of Evaluation • Includes a Teacher Resources section, including lesson plan • Role playing allows students to use higher-level thinking skills

  10. WebQuest Examples • Evolution of a WebQuest http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/webquestevolution.htm • Welcome To Sheppard's Walk: Creating a Garden for your School http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/kim_inman/firstpage/index.htm • Preserving the Past http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/robin_breitenbach/web%20page/web%20page%201.htm

  11. WebQuest Examples cont’d • Farmers, Farmers, Everywhere http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hawthorne/farm/ • Shapes WebQuest http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/cindelicato/intro.html • WebQuest Template http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuestTemplate/webquesttemp.htm

  12. Higher Level WebQuests • Jackie Robinson http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/maria_lynn/webpage.htm • Nuclear Chemistry http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/alan_knight/webpage/Allen%20Knight.htm • American Revolution http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/michelle_pope/myweb/AAM_Intro.htm

  13. Higher Level WebQuests cont’d • Civil War http://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/education/aam/lessons/steve_jobe/homepage2.htm

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