Day 4 Schedule
Creating Student-based Science Activities and Projects

Workshop Topics Activities/Notes Documents/Resources

Workshop Introduction

Workshop Goal

Tech Highlights
Which online resources support project-based learning?
 

Creating Online Student Activities

Using Filamentality and your new hotlist, create an Internet Hunt and a Subject Sampler. Using Bloom's taxonomy, include higher level thinking questions.

Creating Online Student Projects
Project-based Learning via WebQuests
 
Using Filamentality, create a website focusing on science. Include the Filamentality hotlist, online resources, lessons, blogs, etc. Understanding WebQuests htm or pdf

Filamentality Resources

Curriculum Resources

Sample WebQuests

Part II:
Moving from an Online Student Activity to
a Project-based Learning Activity
WebQuest Activity:
What is the next step in creating a project-based learning activity?

In groups of three, participate in a WebQuest that focuses on Mars.

 

WebQuest

Support Documents

Reaching Consensus

Creating a Presentation

Assessment in WebQuests Activity:

Using Writeboard, list the criteria for your rubric.

Discuss the different criteria in assessing this WebQuest project.

 

Writeboard: Assessing Student Projects
Password: assess

Resources:

 

What are some other online tools that support multimedia and project-based learning? Multimedia Activity:
Download Photo Story 3 and create a simple multimedia show.
Photo Story 3

Images and Editing

Sharing Your Project Share your online activity or project.
  • Participant's online projects
Q&A/Wrap-up Complete the online workshop evaluation.
 

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