Global Curriculum Activity Projects

• Activity Structures - Wetware
• Other Global Curriculum sites
• Webquests
• Internet Scavenger Hunt
• Big 6 Skills Approach to Internet Research

Activity Structures - Wetware

Explore these websites by Dr. Judi Harris at the College of William and Mary

• Read the introductory article - Wetware: Why Use Activity Structures? by Judi Harris - http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/Foundation/wetware.html  
• Also available at: http://www.fsu.edu/~imsp/silent_invaders/new_weeds/educators/mining_internet.html 
• Check Judi's website - Virtual Architecture - http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/

• Examine the difference between using the TOOLS (Operation) and USING the tools (Application).
• Examine her discussion of "technocentric thinking" in contract to the "educentric" realm.
• Note the questions she asks when determining whether an Internet activity is worth it:

• Will this use of the Internet enable students to do something that they couldn't do before?
• Will this use of the Internet enable students to do something that they could do before, but better?

• Locate one site from each topic in chapter two: In the Kitchen - Designs for Telecollaboration and Telepresence
• Interpersonal Exchange
• Information Collection and Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Locate one site from each topic in chapter three - In the Study - Teleresearch
• Practice Information-Seeking Skills
• Explore a Topic/Answer a Question
• Review Multiple Perspectives
• Generate Data
• Do Authentic Problem-Solving
• Telepublish/Teleplant Information Resources

Activity

 
• Describe the website purpose and design
• How would this project meet curriculum content standards?
• Would this telecomputing project enable students to do something that they couldn't do before?
• Would this telecomputing project enable students to do something that they could do before, but better?
• Would this type of wetware activity be worth the time and effort in terms of your teaching and the students' learning?

Explore websites for global collaborative curriculum ideas.

• Filamentality - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ 
• The Electronic Emissary Project Web Center - http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html 
• Mars Millennium Project - http://www.mars2030.net/
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Teachers - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
• CyberSchoolBus (United Nations) - http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus
• Global Education: Internet Resources - http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed417124.html
• Global Literacy in a Gutenberg Culture - http://www.gsn.org/teach/articles/gutenberg.html
• Collaboration in the Classroom and Over the Internet - http://www.gsh.org/teach/articles/collaboration.html

• The Big 6 Skills Approach to Internet Research - http://www.big6.com

• The Apple Learning Exchange - http://ali.apple.com/   

Internet Scavenger Hunts

• Examine article on on-line scavenger hunts at Education World - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr113.shtml
• Museum Mania World Wide Web Treasure Hunt - http://www.museummania.com/treasure.htm
• Evaluation Rubrics - http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/eval.htm  

• Internet Literacy Kit - http://www.k12.hi.us/~atr/ILK/html/ 

Webquests

• The Webquest Page - San Diego State - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ 
• Matrix of Example Webquests - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html 

• Webquest: A Strategy for Scaffolding Higher Level Learning - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/necc98.htm 

• Building Blocks for Webquests - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm

• Powerpoint - Roadmap - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/roadmap/index.htm 

• Webquest Template - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/mywebquest/index.htm 

• Webquest Web Template - http://www.ozline.com/templates/webquest.html 

• Webquest Taxonomy in Pictures - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/tasksimap/ 

• Rubrics for Web Lessons - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/weblessons.htm 

• A Webquest for Teachers - http://www.k12.hi.us/~dtisdell/webquest/index.htm 

Intel Innovation in Education

• Learning Projects - http://www.intel.com/education/sections/section1/index.htm 

• Unit and Project Plans - http://www.intel.com/education/unitplans/index.htm 

• Intel Unit Plan Design - http://www.intel.com/education/unitplans/unitplan_design.htm

Teaching with Technology

Copyright 2002

Carla Piper, Ed. D.

piper@chapman.edu