JWIT 2003

Using the Internet in the Classroom

Activity Sheet

Print these pages out to complete the activities or use your own notebook paper
to record your responses.

Activity 1
Explore the web sites on the JWIT resource page. Choose three and tell how you might be able to use them in a unit that you already teach. OR If you do not think that any would be useful to you, tell why. Then, think about what you would want to see in a web site.
Keep this in mind when you are developing your own web-based projects.
 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Activity 2
What curricular area will your activity  be about? Answer
some of the questions in “Things to Ponder” about the project you will be
developing.

Things to Ponder...

  •         What is the task?                                                                    
  •         What is the motivating goal?
  •         What are the learning objectives?                                                
  •         What process will it involve?
  •         What should the students learn/gain from the experience?        
  •         Is it appropriate for the grade level?
  •         How will the lesson accomplish the goals?                                 
  •         Does it hold the students’ interest?
  •         Will it be a challenge?                                                              
  •         Can it be completed in a reasonable amount of time?         
  •       What resources will be needed?
  •         How will it be managed?
  •         Will students need to use higher order thinking skills to complete the project?
  •         How will I know students met the learning objectives?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity 3:

Shape some of the questions that you would ask your students on the topic of your choice.

Shape the Question

  • Build a foundation or demonstrate a context for students.
  • Phrase inquiry questions so that students can't copy/paste answers.
  • Make the question open-ended enough that students can be creative.
  • Phrase them so that students can make choices.
  • Phrase the questions so that students will compare/contrast.
  • Phrase them so that students must take a side of an issue or form an opinion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity 4
Write a few notes about the Internet treasure hunts or scavenger hunts at the
following web sites or others that your mentor may direct you to. Write an idea that you would have, using some  of the resources on the JWIT resource page to design a scavenger Hunt within  a Judaic topic.
http://www.fcps.edu/KingsParkES/technology/lessons/index.htm
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/sjohnson/shindex.html
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Activity 5
Conduct a search on one topic using at least three of the following search
engines or directories. Compare the results that each one yields when using the
same key words. Which search tool will you most likely use with your students
and why. When might one of the others be appropriate?
http://google.com
http://www.yahooligans.com
http://ajkids.com
http://tekmom.com/search/index.html
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module Home

Return to Top
The contents of the Web Institute for Teachers website are Copyright 1999-2003, University of Chicago. No one may print, copy, or otherwise reproduce these materials without the express written permission of the Director of the Web Institute for Teachers.
The current time is June 22, 2003, 10:24 pm, CDT. This page was last updated at 3:50 pm on June 20, 2003. It has had 1 visitors.
Please use the Feedback button to tell us how you like this page.