Office of Technology Integration Coordinator

Steve Thissell

Pinkerton Academy

5 Pinkerton Street

Derry, NH 03038

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Curriculum Integration and WebQuests

Posted 11/8/00

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The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities. Materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines

The MarcoPolo Partnership Offers Educators "MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom; A Teacher's Guide to Finding and Using the Best of the Net"

An invaluable resource for secondary teachers is available to teachers who want to learn more about integrating Internet Content into the classroom.

"MarcoPolo: Internet Content for Your Classroom; A Teacher's Guide to Finding and Using the Best of the Net," a 32-page guide developed with Scholastic Inc., offers secondary teachers a step-by-step tour of the rich resources found on the MarcoPolo partner sites and tells you how to use these free, standards-based sites in your classroom. You can request a copy to be sent to you, or download the Guide now. If you have already seen the Guide, please fill out the Teacher's Guide Survey and receive a free MarcoPolo poster. http://www.wcom.com/marcopolo/

Videoconferencing in the Nation’s Fifth-Largest Public School System

by Dr. MaryAnn Butler Pearson

Broward County, Florida, uses videoconferencing to bring academic classes and programs, field trips, and special events to the thousands of students in its elementary, middle, and high schools and to bring unique projects to adults and children in educational and special-needs centers

http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/butlerp.htm

Webquest 101 - TeachersFirst's WebQuest Tutorial –

Here's a short on-line tutorial for teachers interested in creating webquests for their students. We've included lots of webquest examples, as well as a number of practical suggestions to help you create a web experience that will actually work in the classroom.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/techtopics-f.htm

TeachersFirst's Webquest Collection –

This page reviews dozens of webquests drawn from the various TeachersFirst subject areas. If you'd like to create your own webquest, there are lots of good examples here. If you're looking for a great way to interest your students in a new topic, these quests may be just the ticket.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/techtopics-f.htm

Microsoft Office Templates

14 different templates from lesson plans to seating charts to certificates.

http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/ct149.asp

More Curriculum Integration

http://familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,31-15354-1,00.html

This page lists software available on the web free for use on-line or to download

http://fer.scdsb.on.ca/simcoe/computer.htm

I don't have time to create Web Quests!
Where can I find some already done for me?...

http://www.harwich.edu/depts/lmcelm/wbqstwhere.htm

Craig's HotSpots

http://minot.com/~nansen/HotSpots.html

Ron MacKinnon's Educational Bookmarks

http://juliet.stfx.ca/~x94emj/bookmark.html#LESSONS

Internet for Educators

http://www.district125.k12.il.us/faculty/cchausis/allteacher.html

American Fidelity's EDUCATION WORLD
This is the place to visit! Over 17,000 links for education. Checked out and highly recommended by Sam Ritchie!!

http://www.education-world.com/

Encarta
The Encarta site offers links to education and teacher resources as well as a searchable encyclopedia! Try your search from here!

http://www.encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp

Educational Online Resources

http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/resources.html

Mendocino's Curriculum for the California Frameworks

http://www.mcn.org/ed/cur/liv/Units/list.html

THE QUINTESSENTIAL WEBQUEST PAGE

We now have over 200 WebQuests here and have outgrown the old format for this page. WebQuests are now listed on five separate pages broken down by Grade Levels

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

Informative article on why to use webquests with students

http://www.iste.org/L&L/archive/vol26/no7/features/yoder/index.html

Places to find Web Quest Information

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/links/index.html

WebQuest Collections

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm

WebQuest Example Matrix

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/9-12matrix.html

The Whales (A Sample WebQuest)

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kroc/whales/WHALES.HTM

WebQuest Templates

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html

RIVERS

http://www.redmond.k12.or.us/obsidian/river/

Kiko

Create your own interactive lessons here and find others created by people just like you. You don't need programming skills--just your own knowledge--to teach and learn what you want, how you want!

http://www.kiko.com/index.jsp

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