Sentences with phrase «used webquests»

Included: Five resources for creating and using WebQuests in the classroom.

The WebQuest Page This ultimate resource for teachers interested in using the WebQuest model not only offers an excellent list of WebQuests sorted by subject and grade level, it also provides advice for creating your own WebQuests, training materials and templates, WebQuest news and resources, and more.

Whether you're looking for ready - to - use WebQuests that you can integrate into your curriculum or online resources you can use to create your own WebQuest, these sites should prove helpful.

** You must have access to PebbleGo.com to use this webquest.

Use a WebQuest template for the WebQuest you will develop and start hacking away.

The benefit to using WebQuests, once you have identified the right place to try one, is that it puts more responsibility on the learners themselves.

Don't use the WebQuest format to pursue questions that have only one right answer, such as finding the official birds of each state or finding the volume of each of the pyramids.

Cox has been using WebQuests as a way of integrating technology with her classroom curriculum for the past two years.

Using WebQuests in the Primary Grades: Joy Thomass Planet WebQuest Joy Thomas used WebQuests with her first - grade students and was pleasantly surprised by the cooperation among students and the retention and application of information.

-- Deborah Gowen, Folkston, GA, Relationship of Motivation and MI to Preference to Achievement from Instruction Using Webquests, [email protected]

Using WebQuests in the classroom - This two - day training is designed to prepare trainers to return to their schools and help other teachers create their own WebQuests.

A discussion of the possible reasons for this difference, practical implications of study and using WebQuests in the classroom, and directions for future research are included.

Not exact matches

This fun and informative webquest will be a great resource to use with your students (grades 4 - 8) There are 14 ques...

Students could also use the information learned to develop a «Day in the Life» of a polar bear ~ pretending to be a polar bear and describing a typical day ~ using 4 specific facts learned from the webquest.

Depending on your level of technology skills, you might use one of the thousands of ready - made WebQuests found online, or utilize online resources to create your own WebQuests.

She did lots of journaling in language arts classes, used various technologies in her science classes, and did quite a few Webquest - like activities in social studies classes.

For this WebQuest, you will use library and Internet resources to research your team's Earth issue.

Civil War Personal Journal This WebQuest involves students in using resources to create a personal journal.

The directions refer to the presidential candidates, but this WebQuest can be adapted for use with local election campaigns too.

I've taken courses in tech integration, tech ed, hands - on math, and WebQuests; all have provided me with teaching ideas, lessons, and strategies that I could use in my classroom come fall.»

WebQuests give your students an opportunity to gain factual information while using research skills.

And how can you use — and create — WebQuests in your own classroom?

WebQuests are probably the most talked - about and widely used Web - based activities in today's classrooms.

«Instead of allowing students to simply surf on topics — with all the problems that can entail — the teacher creates a WebQuest around a curricular unit or topic, and students use it to construct their own knowledge,» added Livingston.

«Last week, a class of 31 second graders, using five networked lab computers and five wireless iBooks, created a WebQuest on dinosaurs.

** I created this webquest to use to compare and contrast alligators and crocodiles.

I developed a webquest on John Glenn's amazing accomplishment along with other historic space firsts which I thought you might find of value to use with your students.

The teachers learned how WebQuests could help them pull together Internet resources and create specific Web pages for student use.

Conductors and insulators webquest and simulation Webquest covers Electrical conductors Conductive materials Super conductors Electrical insulator Semiconductor Radiation How heat causes molecules to move How some animals have and use insulation How to better insulate homes Complete an interactive game to create first an open circuit then test that circuit using everyday items to see if they are conductivewebquest and simulation Webquest covers Electrical conductors Conductive materials Super conductors Electrical insulator Semiconductor Radiation How heat causes molecules to move How some animals have and use insulation How to better insulate homes Complete an interactive game to create first an open circuit then test that circuit using everyday items to see if they are conductiveWebquest covers Electrical conductors Conductive materials Super conductors Electrical insulator Semiconductor Radiation How heat causes molecules to move How some animals have and use insulation How to better insulate homes Complete an interactive game to create first an open circuit then test that circuit using everyday items to see if they are conductive or not.

I used a search engine to look around for various names to give this way of teaching and soon settled on «WebQuest.»

The Rainbow Ranger in this PowerPoint WebQuest will teach very young learners the correct order of rainbow colors as they learn to use the computer to access information and solve puzzles.

The webquest could even be used by newcomers to Canada who are preparing for the Canadian citizenship examination.

EW: Is there a tool available to help teachers evaluate the WebQuests they create or use or to help administrators and parents evaluate the WebQuests students are involved in?

The webquest is primarily aimed at English language learners from CLB 1 - 3, but it could also be used in elementary school classes.

I also developed a webquest on the Mayflower and Pilgrims ~ a short webquest on Turkeys and lots of links to other materials you might find of use during this month ~ including a short read on «What Became of the Mayflower?

I've developed a fun and informative webquest which you may find of value to use with your students.

Perhaps ~ you can use this quote to discuss the issue of bullying and how if a student sees something that looks like bullying - to say something!Perhaps ~ you might find the webquest of value to use with your students.

In this WebQuest project, students write essays to persuade their families to use a particular long - distance phone plan.

One of the first, and most basic, ways that teachers encouraged kids to use technology was with online research, virtual field trips, and webquests.

For this purpose, they will use the Earth WebQuest Notes page (page 4 of the What is the Most Serious Problem Facing Earth?

This webquest is designed for use outside the classroom, but could also be used as an additional resource for cover.

Our journey starts from the beginning of the 20th century, and includes, inter alia, the famous Pavlovian Conditioning and Skinner's Operant Conditional Theory, continues through the mid 50s and the first time computers were used in learning environments, the influential Problem - Based Learning inspired by Howard Barrows in the 60s, David Merrill's Component Display Theory, the Cognitive Flexibility Theory in the late 1980s that aims to develop the learner's ability to comprehend multidimensional situations, the introduction of multimedia and CD - ROMs in educational environments in the 90s, to the development of WebQuest in 1995, and the launch of the Authentic Learning Model in the late 2000s by Marilyn Lombardi.

I developed a fun and informative Presidential webquest you might find of value to use with your students.

I would recommend the WebQuest for students in grades 6 - 8, although it has been used at lower and higher levels.

The project, Back in Time — An Historical Fiction WebQuest, gave eighth graders at Athena Middle School the chance to research historical events using the Internet.

It is also suggested that one determine if using flashcards, handheld models / manipulatives for each student, or technology (e.g., Webquests, Internet simulations, games, chat rooms, etc.) will best help students meet the lesson objectives.

Although less frequently than their secondary school colleagues, elementary preservice teachers in this study used word processing, Internet search tools, graphic organizers, and webquests to maximize student learning.

Teacher directed Web searches, drawing tools, word processing for reports, WebQuests, spreadsheet use

A Quest for finding Great WebQuests - Training designed to equip teachers with skills and strategies to use for finding effective WebQuests for their individual classroom.

The purpose of this study was to compare the use of WebQuests with traditional instruction.