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Interactive Websites for the Curriculum
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I hear...I forget
I see...and I remember
I do...and I understand
Ancient Chinese Proverb

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Internet Hunts - E-Sheets
WebQuests
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Virtual Field Trips

What is a Virtual Field Trip?  It is a place you can't visit in real life.  

Examples:

  • The White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ 

  • Interactive Tour of Ellis Island - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/ 

Guidelines

  • Virtual Field Trip Guidelines - http://surfaquarium.com/IT/vftguide.htm 

Other Resources:

  • Virtual Field Trip Resources Online - http://surfaquarium.com/IT/vft.htm 

  • Museums and Exibits - http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html

  • Digital and Virtual Fieldtrips - http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm 

  • Virtual Field Trips - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm 

  • Virtual Field Trips:  Teacher's Guide - http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html  - categorized by General, Museums, and Exhibits

  • The Oops Virtual Field Trip Page - http://oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm  

  • Tramline Virtual Field Trips - http://www.field-guides.com/trips.htm 

Internet Hunts - E-Sheets

What is a Internet Hunt and how do E-Sheets facilitate the process?  In the Internet Hunt activity, the students visit a web page that has been pre-selected by the teacher.  They use information literacy skills to answer research questions about the topic.   An E-sheet or electronic worksheet is a tool that teachers can use to focus their students' research on the Internet.  It is a one or two page worksheet that goes along with a web page.  

Examples:

  • Ellis Island e-sheet - http://huntington.tce.schoolinsites.com/Common/Forms/
    FormBrowser.asp?iFormID=7795&SchoolID=%27160%27 

  • Bottlenose Dolphins - http://www.lauriefowler.com/dolphinesheet.mht 

Other Hunt and e-sheet Resources:

  • LT Technologies Internet Hunts  - Categorized by Subjects -- http://lttechno.com/links/hunts.html 

  • E-Sheets - http://www.bama.ua.edu/~rmayben/tim/esheetsummer.htm 

  • E-Sheets:  Research on the Web - http://lauriefowler.com/esheet.html

Resources to find topic websites:

  • KidsClick! - http://www.kidsclick.org/ 

  • Super Kids - http://www.super-kids.com/   

  • Awesome Library - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ 

  • List of Search Engines and Directory for Kids - http://www.nabss.org/irsearch.htm

WebQuests 

What is a WebQuest?  A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet.  Typically, it is done in cooperative groups.

Examples:  Paper or Plastic? - http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/paper/ 

Background Information

  • Some Thoughts About WebQuests - By Bernie Dodge
    http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html 
    Gives definition and critical attributes of WebQuests. 
    Example:  

  • A WebQuest About WebQuests   
    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/materials.htm 
    (scroll down to the 2nd one on the right side) - An exercise that's useful for 
     introducing the concept to educators. Working in teams they examine five WebQuests 
    from four different points of view. 

  • Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests
    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html 


WebQuest Examples

  • WebQuest Portal 
    http://www.webquest.org/ 

  • SESD Webquests - http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm  
    Search for webquests by topic.  Excellent webquest tutorial.

  • WebQuest Collections  
    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm 
    Links to 20 other WebQuest Collection web sites

  • Grade Level WebQuest Explorations - http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic4.htm#2 

WebQuest Templates

  • WebQuest Training Materials:  Templates - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html 

  • Filamentalitity - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ 

Resources for Skill Building

All Subjects

Grade Level Skills Help Pages - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm - K-8 Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies  

Reading

  • Online Interactive Websites - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm

Phonemic Awareness

  • Learning Planet.com - http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp

  • PBS’s Between the Lions - http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ - Requires Shockwave and Flash

  • BBC Crankaphone - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
    cvc/crank/index.shtml - Requires Shockwave 7

  • GameGoo - http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html  

 

Phonics

  • BBC ’s Digby Mole (beginning sounds, end sounds, rhymes) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml 

  •  ikonwthat.com: Language Arts - http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_LanguageArts - Requires Shockwave

  • Starfall – http://www.starfall.com

  • Clifford's Sound Match - http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/
    index.htm 

  • BBC Words and Pictures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
    index.shtml 

Vocabulary

  •  Education Place:  Wacky Web Tales and Fake Out! 

  • Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles -http://www.kidcrosswords.com  

  • Annie's Rhyme Time - http://teacher.scholastic.com/annie/index.asp 

Math

  • National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html 

  • Everyday Math Resources: Interactive Manipulatives - http://www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/everydaymath.htm 

  • Online Interactive Websites - K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, other grade levels

  • ikonwthat.com: Math - http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Math 

  • Math Playground - http://mathplayground.com/ 

  • Primary Games:  Math - http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm 

  • That Quiz - http://www.thatquiz.com/ 

 

Rubrics for Evaluation

Background

  • Creating Rubrics - http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4521.html
    Five part series which includes:  The Advantages of Rubrics, Create an  Original Rubric, Analytic vs. Holistic Rubrics, How to Weight Rubrics, and Student-Generated  Rubrics.



  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics - Links to Web Page Rubrics,  General Rubrics,  Articles,  Portfolios, and Report Cards
    http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

  • Chicago Public Schools Performance Assessment Ideas and Rubrics
    http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/ideas_and_rubrics.html

 

Multiple Links

  • Rubrics for Student Evaluation
    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm

  • Rubrics from the Staff Room of Ontario
    Links to many rubrics by category.
    http://www.harding.edu/USER/dlee/WWW/webquest/RUBRICBUILDING.HTM

Tools

  • Rubistar - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php 

  • Rubric Builder - A tool by David Warlick of the Landmark Project that creates rubrics in web form.
     http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php

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