Four WebQuest Links

Math WebQuests
This web site is reach of WebQuest related to math subject. It contain the 3 menus
Math Links
PowerPoint Lessons
Software Reviews

Each of this menu have table in the table there is rows links to one of topic.
There is many links not working.

Grades 9-12 Soical Studies WebQuests
This web site have table with :
Rating
WebQuest Name
Description
Author(s)
Grade/Content Areas

The topic talking about the social studies.

Science WebQuests
The topic with the links is:
General Listings, Energy: Future Challenges, Recycling, Physics, Astronomy, Climate Change, Earth Sciences, Environment, Life Sciences, Scientific Research and Ethics.
Most the links not working

Google Directory/ Kindergarten WebQuests
Its search for kindergarten in google engine and the result is 89,200 web address.

Links to webquest and justification

http://questgarden.com/
This web site it very nice and it help the WebQuest creature to create the WebQuest and there is samples WebQuest you can get idea to create the WebQuest. You should register to allow you to create.

http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/
This web site is linked to other WebQuest page. The good think in this site is all the links put it in category and each category have list of links in table. In this site you can not create WebQuest and if you want to like the WebQuest you should contact the author.

http://teacherweb.com/TWQuest.htm
This web site you can cerate the WebQuest by personal and family WebQuest only if you want teacher WebQuest you should register and is not free. And you can see created WebQuest by teacher also. The teacher can create the certify and send it to the student.

Benefits and limitation of Blogs in the classroom

In the first day I enjoy the ICT class course I thought that this courses it will go and I not get any new knowledge to improve my self as a teacher or I learn some think new in teaching. But every day I attend the classroom I get new knowledge and I learn new information which I transferred that to my class and my student.

By learning and using the blogs in classroom it help me to understand the course in better way and give me the ability to right the concept in my language and what I understand in this curriculum and I put my comment about it. The other think is the discuss ideas between the teachers, work to gather as team and sharing the information, all of this increase my ICT teaching vision and push me to change the teaching technique.
The problem I face is the course or classroom is the homework which is very difficult to do it in the classroom because it take time and when I went to home I don’t have the time to do it. I become busy with family and schools works for that rezone I not finish my homework in the time.

I wish that my works in this course accomplish the result what I expect.

Week11 - ICT as Tutor

Most teacher in several yours go they start using the ICT as Tutor in classroom because it help the teachers to conduction the concept to student.
The teachers using suitable materials to enhance their teaching by :

• Drill-and-practice
• Tutorial
• Simulation
• Games

How we should use the ICT Tutor?
Its good to using the ICT as Tutor but the teacher should be using it in proper way and select proper material.

What is limitation for ICT as Tutor?
There is group of people they thought that in the future we will no need for teachers and we can online learn or using the teaching materials. Yes what they say could be right but the teacher job not teaching only in the classroom. He learn the student which is more than conduction the concept he learn and teach the student the human communication which it can not get it by ICT materials.


http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/learningonline.htm

http://www.tritera.com/products/web_buildsim/bs_page1.shtml
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorX/

Week9 - Collaboration and Discussion using ICT

The people learn in different way. The recent learning theories suggest that learning is a socio cultural phenomena.
ICT support the learning conversations by online discussion like (Block Board) , knowledge sharing like (Wiki), social networking like ( FaceBook). This type of learning help student to increase his knowledge faster and with reach information. In the same time we should know that using this tools of learning its not secure and not safety and should be careful when we use it and th parent should look what they chilled do or work in it online.


http://www.blackboardschoolcentral.com/
http://www.blackboard.com/us/index.bbb
http://www.centralischool.ca/
http://blog.blackboard.com/blackboard/2008/09/blackboard-mana.html

Week8 - Concept Map and Inspriation software

Concept maps are :
Type of graphic design by persons' to understand or remember the idea or knowledge. For the same topic the student draw different concept maps. This concept map help student to show the teacher what he understand and the knowledge he know and the relationships between objects.
This concept maps help student to improve they vision and looking in different way.

Inspiration:

Inspiration is a powerful visual learning tool that enables students to develop ideas and organise thinking in various forms, without needing advanced computing skills.

Other Softwares:
http://www.inspiration.com
http://www.edrawsoft.com/freemind.php
http://www.mapyourmind.com/freesoftware.htm
http://www.peterrussell.com/MindMaps/MMSoft.php

Week7 - Reflection on planning a webquest

My WebQuest Project

Week6 - Webqust

Learning outcomes

At the end of the lesson you will be able to

• Understand the meaning of Webquest
• Describe the steps of WebQuset
• Identify some of the WebQuset resources
• Discuss how WebQuest can be used in inquiry based learning
• Plan and develop a WebQuest to teach a lesson

What is a WebQuset?

• webQuset is a learning activity in which students interact with resources on the internet(can also use other resources)
• inquiry based approach

Questioning, critical thinking and problem solving

Why do we use WebQuest?

• Involves higher levels of thinking
• Built around a topic of interest to students = Motivation
• Challenges students to explore the information the web
• Team approach and project based
• Skills are transferable across subjects
• Simple to create
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuZ949ZITY

Crating a WebQuest

• You are the teacher and you are going to create a Webquest for your students

How are you going to do that?

• A WebQuest consists of FIVE critical steps

1. Introduction
2. Task
3. Process
4. Evaluation
5. Conclusion

Step 1: Introduction

• Draws students attention to the topic; motivate them
• Provides background information about the topic
• There is normally a central question that will gulde your webquest – it should demand higher level of thinking & be a real world activity (e.g. How can we solve the problem of global warming?)

Step 2 Task

• Provide a description of activities and what students will have to accomplish at the end of the activity:
• Is it a product?
• Solve a problem?

Step 3: Process

• Describe very clearly the steps for students to accomplish the task
• Create groups and assign roles
• As a teacher, provides assistance (worksheets, data gathering tools, hints, etc)
• Provide resource that students will be using web links will form the main resources

Step 4: Evaluation

• Decide how students will assessed
• You can use Rubrics

Step 5: Conclusion

• Summarize the experience and promote a reflection about the process
• Challenge the students to act upon what they student to act upon what they have achieved; whether they can use in another situation

Templates to Design WebQuests

• Power Pont
• Word Document

Assignment: choose one of the above

Activity [30 minutes]

• Explore the WebQuest sites provided
• Note down which one you visited
• Report what you found on those sites

webQuest Sites Observations

• WebQuest lessons are not used to teach factual information
• Tasks in the WebQuest lessons invite creativity and problem solving with several possible solutions
• WebQuest lessons are designed to encourage critical thinking and analytical skills

Activity [30 minutes]

• Using the linked provided, try the webquest about webquest
• Report to the class your experience after implementing the activity

Summery

• Learning activity such as WcbQuset allows students to explore knowledge and skills
• ICT facilitates students to explore the web for information

Over View:
WebQuest is a learning activity designed to engage the learners with use of internet and computer technology. WebQuest are deigned to provide inquiry- oriented activity in which students search for relevant information to learn a new topic in any of the school subject areas.
The WebQuest activities require students to work cooperatively and interaction and sharing of knowledge and skills among learners. Teaching with WebQuest is highly successful in building knowledge and understanding the topic.

A WebQuest usually consist of five critical components; Introduction, task, process, evaluation and conclusion.
Introduction: The first statement in a WebQuest draws attention of the learner. The introduction is made to motivate and create curiosity. For example: "you are an astronaut to find out the air quality in the space”.
Task: Describe clearly and concisely what the end result of the learners' activities will be. The task could be a series of questions that must be answered, problem to be solved or to make an end product.
Process: Describe step-by-step instruction on how the learners will accomplish the task. Provide guidance and individual steps to achieve the given task.
Evaluation: The process of evaluation consists of what is expected to successfully achieve the given task. These can include grading, rubric and detail account of how it will be measured.
Conclusion: The final component of a WebQuest consists of summary of the activities, how the aspects that the students learned can be transferred to real-life situation and suggestion for further exploration of the topic.

Useful Resources
http://webqust.org/index-create .php
http://teacherweb.com/TWQuests.htm
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-hum.html

Week5 - Student centered learning and inquiry based learning

Where dose it fit in ?
"Student-centered learning demands not only that teachers are expert in their fields but also – and more importantly – that they understand how people learn" ( Jordan & Spencer,1990)

• Directed Learning • Cognitive • Constructivist


Learning Theories – 3 major ideas

Teacher centered, directed approaches

Directed learning
(also referred to as instructivist of objectivist)

Learner centered, teacher as facilitator

Where dose it fit in?

Student Centered Learning

SCL happens when:
The teacher sees teaching/learning as a process not a product,(Aaronsohn,1996)




Needs and abilites of students
Topics are relevant to the students' lives, needs, and interests and when the students themselves are actively engaged in creating, understanding and connecting to knowledge(McCombs and Whistler 1997)

The teacher considers learning styles of students when planning and assessing learning experiences.

With SCL students are….

…more intrinsically than extrinsically motivated

… active participants in their learning

Learning are their own pace
Using their own strategies


Students are not just memorizing information, but are working with and using the information along with rest of class.

Students different thoughts and views are a necessary input every class. The students are given choices and are included in the decision-making processes of the classroom.

How to do it?
Lecturers must design activities that:
Let students take initiative.
Let students discover meaningful information for their own lives.
Engage students actively to support knowledge construction.



Inquiry Learning

1.WHAT IS INQUIRY LEARINING?
Seeking information by questioning

Starts with a problem or a question.
Can be teacher or student generated.

Can be a real problem which has not yet been solved

Students define what they know and what they want to find out.

2.WHAT DO STUDENTS DO?

• Look at questions and problem analytically.
• Students actively search for answers
• Reflect on what they find
• Integrate the information they find into their knowledge of the problem.
• Refine their questions

The process of inquiring begins with qathering information and data through applying the human senses – seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling.
(http://www.thirteen.org/edonlne/concept2class/inquiry/index_sub1.html)

3.SO HOW DOES IT DIFFER?
Traditional approach

• Traditional approaches are based on mastery of content
• Teachers deliver and students receive information
• Instruction tends to be teacher centered

Inquiry approach

• Inquiry learning focuses on " How" as well as "What" we know.
• Teacher' role shifts to facilitator and students' role to active, constructors of knowledge.
• Activities are more student centered

4.HOW DOES INQUIRY LEARNING SUPPORT THE LEARNER?

• Students have preconceived idea about how the world works
• This approach allows them to build on what they know and are interested in
• Encourages meta- cognitive thinking

Some models



Bibliography
Brown, M.E. (2000) . Learning in the 21" Centurary

Week4 - Reflection on creating a blog

The Blogger.com web site:
This blog site is one of free and popular blogs site which used by users.
Problem you got in it:

1. When you create account you should have gmail as the user name.
2. You can not change the position of post you created before it use push in theory.
3. The template is limited.
4. What you see not what you get.

Haw it can be better ?

1. It can accept any email account.
2. You user name can selected as you want.
3. The post can changed up and down.
4. More template and can be exported.
5. What you see it's same what you get.
6. It should be more flexible.