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CAVHS, DCP, SIF & DIGREF... What Do They Mean to LMTs? How Do They Fit in the LMC?. Rob Darrow, LMT, Clovis Unified, Clovis (District Online School) Janine Jenkins, LMT, Burton Unified, Tulare (Middle School) Kathy Pinasco, LMT, Central Unified, Fresno (Elementary School)
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CAVHS, DCP, SIF & DIGREF...What Do They Mean to LMTs? How Do They Fit in the LMC? Rob Darrow, LMT, Clovis Unified, Clovis (District Online School) Janine Jenkins, LMT, Burton Unified, Tulare (Middle School) Kathy Pinasco, LMT, Central Unified, Fresno (Elementary School) Martee Barnett, LMT,
Opening Activity • Online Activity Worksheet • Acronym Worksheet
Overview of Workshop • Outline of presentation hand out • Feel free to ask questions or comment as we go • Structure is for mutual sharing • Break
An Opening Thought… "We live in a digital age, practicing an industrial age… We need a digital strategy in a digital age." Ann Hill Duin, Associate Provost, Iowa State University March 26, 2001
Facts about Internet, Information, and Students... • See PowerPoint “Being Digital”
Online Activity Worksheet • Online Projects Worksheet • How many had 3 or more “yes” answers? • Show of hands for each answer. • Which projects take the most time?
California ContentStandards Connection • State testing connects to standards • Every LMC lesson should be connected to state standards (duh!) • Help teachers to understand the standards • Letter sent home connecting LMC lesson to state standard
Information Power(1998)Information Literacy Standards • #6 The student (and teacher) who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation. • #9 The student (and teacher) who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.
Search Strategies(Search Terms) • Webquest • Quest • Web Projects • Online Projects • Online Educational Projects • Online Learning Strategies
Online ProjectsTom March http://www.web-and-flow.com/help/formats.html
Topic Hotlist • Open exploration • LMT gathers resources to explore • Diversity of materials on topic • Tasks & Instructions on topic • Yokuts Indians • Cyber English
Treasure Hunt • Topic driven hunt • LMT gathers diversity of information • One ? for each website • Culminating ? For synthesis of project • Black History Past to Present
Subject Sampler • Topic driven • LMT gathers diversity of information • Personal perspectives given on topics • Students gain personal connection • My China
Multimedia Scrapbook • Links to variety of media • Scraps downloaded into variety of formats • Constructivist learning emphasizing meaning and synthesis • Character Education
Bernie Dodge WebQuest Page Harriet Tubman Search Web WebQuest Webquests
Paid Quests • Classroom Connect • The Quest Channel • Columbus Quest • Africa Quest – Feb. 2003 -
Filamentality • Knowledge Network Explorer • Pacific Bell • Online templates for projects • http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/wired.html
Some Examples • Liddell Elementary School Website • http://www.centralusd.k12.ca.us/liddell.elm/Library.htm • Alta Sierra Intermediate • http://www.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/alta/lmc/lessons/ • WebQuests in Context of Standards • Info Lit Website/WebQuest • http://www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit
Other Online Projects Online Expeditions More Email Educational Projects Think Quest Library NASA Quest
Online Projects • Reflection Time – Reaction Sheet • Questions to Ask • How have you used online projects? • How can you model their proper use? • Which teachers at your school are already doing online projects? • What do I need to do to move what I do online?
Evaluation • Time to do this • Ongoing process • Search strategies are important • Learning gained • Don’t reinvent the wheel • Recommendations • Use the web resources effectively.
“Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves, Or we know where to find information upon it.” -Samuel Johnson 1794 “Knowledge is Power”
Creating Your Own • How to start • Start small • Civil War example
Sharing of Projects -- See part 2 for next part of presentation