• Short Term - acquisition and integration of knowledge
Treasure Hunts
Subject Samplers
• Long Term - extending and refining knowledge
WebQuests
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Curriculum Exemplar
For my curriculum exemplar I chose Flat Stanley, a subject sampler created by one of McDougle's first grade teachers. A subject sampler is a modified WebQuest and 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. Bernie Dodge (creator of WebQuests) discusses two kinds of WebQuests:
• Short Term - acquisition and integration of knowledge
• Short Term - acquisition and integration of knowledge
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I enjoyed looking at the "Flat Stanley" project. I liked that the teacher had put together a rubric for assessing the final products. Have you had a chance to see any of the final products (Kidpix)created by the students?
Hi Stephanie,
Thanks for sharing Flat Stanley. I've often read about the Flat Stanley project. But, I've never seen it developed as a WebQuest. I had fun looking through the pages.
I'm curious to know more about your experiences with WebQuests. I know CHCCS has had an initiative for teachers to develop their own WQs. Is this something many of your teachers have done? What are some of the secrets to success for developing a WQ and implenting in the classroom from your experiences? Besides flat stanley, do you have some other favorite WQs?
CMB
I think Flat Stanley is a wonderful way to connect elementary students. It gives them the ability to learn important literacy awareness. The ability to tell, read and write a story. The technology integration allows the middle and high school students to stay equally engaged.
Webquests are a really interesting way to explore a topic using the internet in a safe way. Because the teacher has gone through the work of locating links that contain the content that they want the students to read about, it lessens the loss of time when students have to locate the information themselves. What are some problems you have seen with webquests and how would you resolve them?
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