AgendaJuly21to25

Lambda Agenda for July 21st - 25th

Monday

Site of the Day - LaNice
Comments about the iMovie workshop on Friday?
Questions and Comments? Review webmail use, using tables, making links, saving images, and check out file extensions site. (Also, refer to p.191-194 in Curriculum Webs for Internet Names and URLs information.)
Practice making links - we will make the links to our homepages and email addresses live on our profile pages.
Finish the Teaching Guide and Publish
Work on WebQuest only if Teaching Guide is complete and a Home Page has been created

Homework

Please check your email for homework posted by Robin or Michelle.
Visit this site for more discussion and how-to about WebQuests: Education World - http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech011.shtml and/or Building Blocks of a WebQuest from Bernie Dodge's web site - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm

Tuesday

Site of the Day - Kathy T.
Questions and Comments?
Share with the group what your WebQuest idea is, what you know about it so far, and what you are still unsure of. For example, you know it is about the seasons and what state goals you want to address, but still don't know what the task will be.
Discuss options for saving bookmarks/favorites for use from home or school (Also, refer to chapter 4 in Curriculum Webs.)
Break
Elements of Web Design module introduced - Create a storyboard for your web site and complete pages 20-21 in handbook, you may use Kidspiration for the storyboard or draw by hand.
Create a Home Page for your WebQuest that links to the student WebQuest and the Teaching Guide
Implementing Your WebQuest in the Classroom module
Work on further defining your objectives. Brainstorm a list of activities that will help students meet the objectives and assessments that would demonstrate mastery. Print this list to use as a guide for your further searching and developing of the WebQuest.

Tips:

Here is a rubric for evaluating your WebQuest - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html
Here is a checklist you can use to guide you when writing the Process section of your WebQuest - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm

Homework

Please check your email for the homework posted by Robin or Michelle.
Please complete pages 62-63 in your handbook re: implementing your WebQuest.
For additional help identifying and selecting curricular goals, activities, and assessments refer to chapters 2, 3, and 9 in Curriculum Webs.

Wednesday

Site of the Day - Jean
Questions and Comments?
Get together with your critical friend. Each of you should spend time discussing your WebQuest idea, giving and receiving feedback, and proofreading the pages that are completed already.
Break
Use the Website Critique Checklist when deciding which URLs to include in your WebQuest, handbook pages 70-72.
Work on your WebQuest, make sure to save often, and publish what you have done at the end of the day.

Homework

Thursday

Site of the Day - Sharlean
Questions and Comments?
Workday - Work on your WebQuest and revising the teaching guide if necessary.
These Tools http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/modules/evalResources/tools.php and References may be useful to you at this point - http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/modules/evalResources/references.php

Homework

Friday

9:00 Site of the Day - Jan
9:15 Questions and Comments?
9:30 First draft of WebQuest is due. Please get together with your critical friend to share and give feedback.
10:00 Leave for Plenary

Homework

Continue work on WebQuest. This may involve gathering web-based resources or it may mean brainstorming and writing down your ideas for student activities/assessments.
Check your email for feedback from Robin or Michelle. We will try to look at your pages over the weekend and give specific comments to each of you.
If you find something that may be of interest to the others, share it on the list. Make sure to fill in the subject line so others know if they want to read it or not.