INTERACTIVE LEARNING & WEBQUESTS

BLOGS

Blogging and RSS — The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators - a readable and interesting overview of blogging and how it can be used in the classroom

Weblogg-Ed: Using Blogs in Education. Taken from the introduction to this blog:

"Weblogg-ed is maintained by me, Will Richardson, Supervisor of Instructional Technology at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in beautiful Flemington, NJ. (Yes, beautiful and New Jersey can be used in the same sentence.) It's my place to collect ideas for Web logs in the classroom, to ask questions to the teacher Web logging community, and to reflect on my teaching. It's also intended to be a clearninghouse for sites and issues relating to Web logs in education."

Blogs in the Classroom: ideas and suggestions

Resources & Examples of the Uses of Blogs in Education

Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners. (Click here to see an example.)

Here's a handy tool: The Glossmaker from the Swarthmore Language Department. Cut-and-paste your text into the Glossmaker, mark the words you want glossed and click! That's all there is to it! Students can read the text on web, and simply click on a word to get a handy definition. Click here for other interactive exercises makers from Swarthmore.

PowerPoint can be a great interactive teaching tool in the classroom. Click here view sample activities!

Let your students turn their reports into web projects! The Project Poster was created so that students can create quick and easy web pages. Students can place a report title, text, pictures and links to websites by simply filling in a form and clicking on a button!

Visit the website of Snaith Primary School for online lessons and activities ranging from Myths & Legends to Water to Snayfwickby Farm!

Teaching & Learning on the Web: over 870 examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning.

TrackStar can be your starting point for online, interactive lessons. TrackStar is an on-line interface that helps instructors organize on-line resources (URLs). The list of resources, acting as a Table of Contents to the track, remains visible thoughout the lesson, allowing the user/student to easily browse through the lesson and stay on track! to see an example.

WebQuest is a resource designed for those who are using WebQuests to teach with the web. A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet. Visit the following sites for examples and materials developed to communicate the WebQuest idea:


The Web Worksheet Wizard allows you to create a lesson, worksheet or class page on the World Wide Web. All you need to use this utility is your browser and some time. ( to see an example!) The Web Worksheet Wizard is for teachers only.