Class 10

You guys did a great job last class presenting your Powerpoint files. Good show!

As of this posting, I've received most of the Zunal Webquests that were part of the requirements for this course. When I get the rest, I'll place them in a spot where you all can access them for later reference. The method I'll use will depend on when they all come in just because of time limitations, but in any event you'll be able to see them all. We'll spend part of this class showing and discussing them.

Finally, please make sure that you fill out completely, the additional evaluation forms from FSU. I'm hopeful that Kelley will collect them much the same way she did the others. They will be sent to the college via mail; grades will be submitted to them electronically. The evals that you filled out last week will be delivered to MEC prior to the end of the school day on Thursday along with copies of you grades.

I enjoyed you all immensely and I hope that I get to see at least some of you in the future. I know that I'll be seeing Nancy again, because I want to bring my wife, Maureen, out to the restaurant for lunch-one of my favorite occasions and occurs daily!

Your class was a little different for me since you all knew each other as colleagues.. As a rule, my classes are a mix of teachers from different levels, schools and systems. You were colleagues that seemed to genuinely like one another and therefore helpful to each other.


Here are the links to your Zunal Webquests:


Author: Jon Hurd
Title: Educating the Educator on Technology
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150927

Author: DonnaLee Tignor
Title: When Am I Ever Going To Use This????
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150919

Author: Cid Vargo 
Title: Salem Field Trip
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=149792

Author: Amanda Kelly
Title: The Freedom Riders
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150922

Author: Roseann Bartok 
Title: Slope
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150930

Author: Casey McNally
Title: Right Triangles!
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=149812

Author: Mike Robichaud
Title: balsa wood bridge design and construction
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150924

Author: Kim Curry
Title: Hairstyling Through the Decades
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150925

Author: Rebecca Heglin
Title: MCAS ELA
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150921

Author: Judy Logue
Title: Blood Antigens, Antibodies and Typing
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150918

Author: Anne Marie Cataldo
Title: Creating Stimulating Preschool Environments
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150900

Author: Nancy Despres
Title: Restaurant Customer Service
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150923 

Author: Kurt DeArellano
Title: How to Make a Solution

URL: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=149809 

Author: Shannon Cleveland
Title: The Baby Book Project
URL: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150939

Author: Michelle Savanelli
Title: Answering patitent questions about dental x-rays
URL: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=140550

Author: Kelley Curtin Davis
Title: Graphic Novels: Legitimate Literature for High School?

URL: http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=149199

 

Class 9

This post is intended to address our last project component, a Webquest, which, you'll be working on during this class. Some of this blog post is a reiteration of information posted last week. Remember that once you've published your Zunal Webquest (on their site) it will remain on there for eternity (who knows how long that will be?), where they can be exported later as various file formats for distribution to your students.

Today:

• please prepare to copy your Powerpoint Presentations on my flash drive
• please work on your Webquests and try to bring them to completion
• please be prepared to export your finalized Webquest as a PDF that I can collect (TBD)
• please take an evaluation form with you when you leave in order to spend the time required to comment on the class in a thoughtful way (We discussed this last week. Please return them to Kelley Davis prior to our last class)

Please address the various parts of the Webquest by following the guidelines provided in each section. You are only required to do those in a way that pertains to or makes yours effective to your students. Precision and clarity should be most important; not wordiness.

I will be moving around to each of you today in turn to help you with any of the above.  

At the same time I also need to collect your Powerpoint Presentations during class. I did receive some via email during the last couple of days, but had spotted success opening them.

As I come around today, I'll collect them on a flash drive. We can quickly go through them, if you wish, before they get posted this weekend.

This is all leading to a culmination of your work that I want to publish for you in one place on the Web. All of your work should unite with your movies in the same location, so that you could either access it yourself during a lesson presentation, or you could direct your students to do so.

It will take a considerable amount of time to organize and post to the Web all of your work, so please try to complete your Webquest during class today or at least by Friday afternoon (really). That will give me the weekend to post all (64 total) of the pieces of your units.

The Webquest should complement and complete your integrated learning unit. With that in mind, I'd like to direct you to a number of sites that contain, either tutorials, or examples of Webquests, including Zunals. You'll have most of Class 9 to work on these. Just take a a look at what follows and begin thinking about what you'd like to do and set yourself up with an Zunal account. Use your complete email address for your username.

Class 8 Review Material:

Definition of WebQuests from The Zunal site:

Professor Bernie Dodge of San Diego State University defines a WebQuest as an inquiry-oriented activity that uses resources on the World Wide Web. WebQuests pull together the most effective instructional practices into one integrated student activity. These Web-based projects use World Wide Web sites to help students develop problem-solving and decision-making skills. WebQuests are interesting and motivating to teachers and students. An effective WebQuest develops critical thinking skills and often includes a cooperative learning component. Students learn as they search for information using the Web, following a prescribed format that focuses on problem solving and authentic assessment. A well-written WebQuest requires students to go beyond simple fact finding. It asks them to analyze a variety of resources and use their creativity and critical-thinking skills to solve a problem. WebQuests help students analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information.

WebQuests.org 

Matrix of Sample Zunal WebQuests   http://www.zunal.com/index-matrix.php

Zunal Webquest Guidelines   http://www.zunal.com/help-about-whatiswebquest.php

Zunal Webquest Tutorial and Workshop   http://zunal.com/site.php?s=1

Tech Insights and Zunal Webquests   http://www.wiu.edu/coehs/techinsights/blog/?p=983