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 - 42eXplore
- Problem
Solving w/
WebQuests
- Information
Processing
- Collaboration
- Authentic
Activities
- Visual
Communication
- Text
Communication
- Writing
Activities
- Book-Internet
Connections
- Integrating
Technology
- Return
to Eduscapes
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- Information
Processing
- Select a
website that contains information
addressed in a specific standard. Design
an activity that requires students to
process this information. For more
information about each step in the
information processing model, check out
the following links.
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- The
8Ws of Information and
Communication
- Watching
(Exploring) - explore and observe the
world around you.
- Wondering
(Questioning) - brainstorm options, focus
on a topic, and develop
questions.
- Webbing
(Searching) - locate, search for, and
connect ideas and information.
- Wiggling
(Evaluating) - evaluate, twist and turn
information seeking clues and
perspectives.
- Weaving
(Synthesizing) - process information and
formulate plans.
- Wrapping
(Creating) - select, develop, and package
products and solutions.
- Waving
(Communicating) - communicate ideas to
others through presenting, publishing, and
sharing.
- Wishing
(Assessing) - assess, evaluate, and
reflect on the process and
product.
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- Activity
1:
Don't just find a "topic". Explore resources at
your grade level and content area focus.
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- Start with
Teacher
Tap: Starting Points.
Then, check out grade level resources:
K3
Resources,
3-6
Resources,
7-12
Resources.
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- After some
exploration, ask yourself:
- Does this website
focus on the concept you want to teach?
- Are the resources at
the reading level of your students?
- Would students use
this as a large group, small group, or individually?
Why?
- How would the website
be used in your curriculum as a springboard,
information resource, activity, or
closure?
- Activity
2: Go
to the Teacher
Tap: Search Tools.
Learn more about effective use of search tools. Locate
resources using one of the search tools that you
haven't tried before.
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- Activity
3: Consider a
new way for students to "wrap" their project.
Brainstorm ways that technology could be used in these
projects!
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Plan
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Ad
Campaign
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Animation
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Anecdotes
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Articles
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Bibliography
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Board
Game
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Book
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Brochure
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Bumper
Sticker
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Card
Game
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Cassette
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Chart
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Collage
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Collection
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Comic/Cartoon
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Contest
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Costume
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Cubes
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Dance
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Database
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Debate
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Demonstration
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Desktop
Present
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Diagram
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Diary
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Dictionary
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Diorama
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Display
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Documentary
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Drawing
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Essay
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Experiment
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Flowchart
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Futuristic
model
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Hidden
picture
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HyperStudio
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Illustration
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Interview
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Invention
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Invitation
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Graph
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Graphic
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Greeting
Card
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Jigsaw
Puzzle
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Journal
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Letter
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Light
Show
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Limerick
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Magazine
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Map
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Mask
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Mini-Center
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Mobiles
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Models
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Multimedia
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Mural
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Museum
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Music
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Music
Instrument
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Newscast
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Newsletter
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Newspaper
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Oral
Report
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Pamphlet
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Panel
Discuss
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Paper
folding
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Patterns
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Photos
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Play
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Poem
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Portfolio
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Poster/Banner
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Presentation
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Puppets
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Quilt
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Quiz
Bowl
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Radio
Show
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Recipe
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Research
Paper
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Review
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Riddle
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Role
Playing
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Rubbings
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Samples
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Scavenger
Hunt
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Scrapbook
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Sculpture
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Seek &
Find
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Simulation
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Short
Story
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Skit
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Slide
Show
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Songs
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Specimens
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Spreadsheets
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Speech
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Surveys/Polls
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Tape
Recordings
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Terrarium
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Test
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Time
line
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Tour
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Transparencies
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Travelogue
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Television
Show
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Tutorial
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Web
Page
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Webquest
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Video
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Created by Annette
Lamb,
1/00. Updated 01/02.
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