text: IT'S TIME TO DESIGN YOUR WEBQUEST UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Master of Arts in Education/Curriculum and Instruction—Computer Education Marianna Kiva, Ecole 7 Oaks Middle School, Canada Domenic Kleine, Paulding Middle School, U.S.A Timothy Brye, University Of Phoenix, U.S.A 1 Introduction This WebQuest was developed by graduate students from University of Phoenix as part of their Master Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with Computers in the Classroom. The goal of this project is to encourage teachers to use technology in the classroom and to build their own WebQuest using classroom created materials. The focus of this project is to create a comprehensive guide that would help teachers generate their own WebQuest and use this project as a resource to teach others about the benefits of a WebQuest-based model. We hope that this project will become a springboard for the creation of many interesting units by teachers interested in this cutting-edge teaching method. What is it? WebQuest is a multi-disciplinary, multi-media approach to learning. The purpose of this approach is to broaden students' horizons in acquisition of knowledge and develop communication and critical thinking skills. This type of learning fosters the independence of a learner within a group setting. As educators, we see the benefits of this kind of a unit as exponential. Who is this for? These workshops are designed for teachers interested in using technology in the classroom as part of their daily teaching methods. They are also for teachers that share their accomplishments with other educators to benefit student's learning outcomes. Teachers that are prepared to contribute, share, and learn from one another are welcome to participate in these workshops. 2 Index 1 Introduction 2 Index 3 Two Seminar WebQuests 4 Tutorial WebQuest with link 5 Learning Team Project Development WebQuest Log In 10 Benefits of WebQuest Learning 12 International Standards 13 Teacher Resources 16 Assessments and Evaluations 21 Fine Points of Web-Page Development 31 WebQuest Template 35 Teachers Guides 40 Rubric for WebQuest Evaluations 45 Conclusion 48 References 3 Back to Index Two Seminar WebQuests Tutorial WebQuest: This site will provide instructions, examples, and tasks for the first section of our seminar. We hope this overview will help open your eyes to the capabilities of this powerful teaching tool. We will spend a good amount of time initially on this site. (Once open, we invite you to hold "ALT" down then tap "TAB" on your computer to toggle between the PowerPoint and the WebQuest or any other applications you have open.) Learning Team Project Development WebQuest: Once we are familiar with the Tutorial WebQuest, we will come to this Learning Team site where we will work in the second part of our seminar. You must log in as a member of WebQuest to access the editing (development) portion of this site. (Easy instructions for access are on the subsequent pages of this PowerPoint presentation.) In this part of the project, participants develop and publish their own team WebQuest based on information presented in the Tutorial WebQuest. 4 Back to Index Tutorial WebQuest As we travel through this seminar, ask questions of your team-mates, other teams, as well as your seminar facilitators. The idea is to leave today with an increased understanding of how to develop a WebQuest; not to have a perfect product! The purpose of these workshops is to give every participant time to learn, share, and practice then to come back with some part of the project completed. Enjoy yourself and learn from one another as you make the very best of team learning. Please click on the following link to take you to our Seminar Tutorial WebQuest. http://questgarden.com/45/84/0/070123005743/ We will spend a good deal of time on this site! 5 Back to Index Student Team WebQuest Log-In Log In This is a screenshot of the WebQuest Design Home Page, where student teams will grow your WebQuest! Click http://questgarden.com/ to go to the home page to log in. Both the user ID and password are studentteame ("student team e" with no spaces!). 6 Back to Index Student Team WebQuest Log-In Cont. Pencil After you log in, you will be taken to this page. Please click on the small pencil next to the title of our project "WebQuest Seminar Team E" to enter the project editing site. (Once again, Both the user ID and password are studentteame ("student team e" with no spaces!). This will take you to the introduction of the Tutorial WebQuest. 7 Back to Index Student Team WebQuest: Editing This is the first WebQuest Design page which provides valuable information. Look at the column of headings on the left side of the page. Click on "Title/Authors" and you will be taken to the appropriate page that has… 8 Back to Index Student Team WebQuest: Editing cont. …the title of your project, "WebQuest Seminar Team E". Follow the instructions and feel free to change the name of your project because it is now yours! Continue to look around the site and add information by following the detailed instructions provided by WebQuest. You may Copy/Paste from the Tutorial WebQuest, a Word document or anywhere. Just be sure you have permission from authors… 9 Back to Index Preview!! Preview As you progress with designing your WebQuest, you will want to see what the real product will look like. At the bottom of the blue selection area on the left of the page under "Polish and Publish" is Preview. Click once and you will see what your creation will look like! When you are ready to make changes, just close this window and you will be back in your editing area. Once again, while editing, please remember to "submit" before changing to another editing page. 10 Back to Index The benefits of this style of learning include the following: Learning is meaningful and purposeful because all aspects of the curriculum can be tied together It develops skills: technological, oral, written, and verbal. This prepares students to take their rightful place in the global market It fosters both interdependence as well as preserving the uniqueness of each learner It gives students control over their learning It teaches organizational skills and time management in order to meet deadlines It teaches students to recognize the strengths of individuals and respect people for what they have to offer Self-evaluation, peer evaluation and group evaluation using a language of respect Promotes critical thinking and problem solving The way that the unit is structured permits a natural way to adapt and modify materials to meet the needs of all learners Assessment and evaluation is done using various strategies Promotes inclusion Allows for conferencing between teachers and students on a regular basis Reduces the ration of teacher/student support Teaches thought processes (high order thinking) Teaches strategies that students can use in the future It brings the outside world in so that individuals can see themselves as members of a global community and how people can assist others This design of a unit can be adapted to any topic 11 Back to Index This WebQuest is designed as an instructional tool that will: 1) Provide a description of the WebQuest concept 2) Provide examples of quality existing WebQuests 3) Provide team-based evaluation of various WebQuest designs (pros and cons) 4) Provide team-based opportunity to brainstorm possible new WebQuest-based projects 5) Provide team-based opportunity to design a basic WebQuest from provided material options. This endeavor will hopefully provide insight into ways of educating students in a technology-oriented, fun-to-use package. 12 Back to Index Links to National Curriculum Standards United States: http://www.education-world.com/standards/national/index.shtml Canada : http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/ United Kingdom: http://sg.dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Education/ Teaching/Curriculum/ Australia http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/ New Zealand http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=index&indexid=1005&index parentid=1004 Singapore http://www.sonlight.com/singapore.html 13 Back to Index Teacher Resources The following resources are placed here to assist you the teacher, in the construction of a WebQuest unit. They include the following: Training pages Curriculum sites Instruments for rubric development Articles related to assessment Articles related to the benefits using technology in the classroom Testing and Assessment Amanda Kendle http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/testing_assessment Integrating Technology in the Elementary Classroom Tammy Payton http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/article/integrate.htm Excellent WebQuest training page from the WebQuest site. http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm Really Fine Rubrics http://www.really-fine.com/Rubrics.html Rubric Creation Tools Rubistar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ UEN Rubric Tool http://www.uen.org/rubric/ Teach-nology.com http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ 14 Back to Index WebQuest Collections http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html 15 Back to Index Samples of WebQuests available on line http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html Dr. Alice Christie's Matrix of 400 WebQuests Written by her Students. These are areas that are available on her site: Language Arts Social Studies Science Math Foreign Language The Arts PE Cross Curricular Vocational Professional Development More than 20 NEW WebQuests added June 2006 16 Back to Index ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION Valid assessment must be closely matched to the curriculum. Assessment measures not only what has been taught, but also how it has been taught. In order for assessment to be valid it has to be done frequently and timely. Assessment needs to be flexible to meet the changing requirements of a modern curriculum and reflect its objectives, methods, and approaches. Teachers need to differentiate instruction to meet the varied learning needs and styles of individual students. Within this model, the assessment of student's achievement would be: Curriculum based Locally designed and implemented An opportunity for teachers to design assessment measures, to work with colleagues in marking and considering student work Part of a process of assessment and reporting to parents that would constitute a Division Assessment Plan in each division. 17 Back to Index EVALUATION of WEBQUESTS Determine the Fine Points of the Project Develop an Assessment Rubric Evaluate the WebQuest Before Students use it Provide students with a clear understanding of the grading criteria which will be used to evaluate their efforts. Provide links to online rubrics which will show students what grading criteria will be used. 18 Back to Index WebQuest Evaluation Form Proficient Competent Basic Frames the essential The essential question The question spans the The question can be question scaffolds learning, lower levels of Bloom's answered directly; the spanning Bloom's Taxonomy—knowledge, focus of the question is Taxonomy; the learner is comprehension and knowledge and encouraged to wonder; application; the student comprehension; the the learner is is able to quickly reach a question has one encouraged to invent conclusion in response obvious answer (i.e., Is his/her own solution; to the question; does not slavery good or bad). the essential question attempt to have students builds on prior make judgment or knowledge. evaluation. Connects WebQuest to WebQuest is WebQuest is not WebQuest lists multiple Academic Standards at interdisciplinary with interdisciplinary; no items from standards developmentally clearly targeted effort is made to that are peripherally appropriate standards; standards are connect to other connected to the topic; grade level directly correlated disciplines; standards standards listed are not To the task are related to the appropriate to the WebQuest. WebQuest. 19 Back to Index WebQuest Evaluation Form Cont. Proficient Competent Basic Engaging Scenario & The scenario and task is The scenario is The scenario is one- Tasks engaging for students; the interesting; the tasks are dimensional; the task task provides sufficient not clearly defined; requires a student to background information inadequate background research at the knowledge to excite the interest of information is supplied for or comprehension level; students; the procedures each role; directions are directions are vague. are clearly outlined. clear. Relevant Internet sources All information listed is Information listed Links to sites and at appropriate grade level relevant information; includes relevant and materials are not directly for students sources are differentiated irrelevant materials; uses a connected to the for each role; puts limited number of assignment; uses one meaning of the problem sources; sites do not source; interprets in personal, social or encourage reflection; sites meaning from one source; community perspectives; may be developmentally does not provide sources are at an inappropriate. information for students appropriate reading level to analyze or interpret. for students. 20 Back to Index WebQuest Evaluation Form Proficient Competent Basic Roles are interesting The WebQuest introduces The characters are There are no clearly and create characters who would similar in belief or defined characters; dissonance interact with the thought; there is characters are information in the "real insufficient background stereotypical or one- world;" there are several information; their two or dimensional; characters; the characters fewer roles; the background information are unique; characters have character is clearly is the same for all different points of view on "invented" and would characters; there is one the subject. not be involved in the role in the WebQuest. scenario in the real world. Produces Product The description of the The product does not Product is not clearly Connected to product is clearly and encourage students to connected to the Assignment coherently presented, reflect and evaluate question. product is clearly related to contrasting points of task; product is unique and view; product is similar would clearly stretch the to other products that group's thinking have been produced. Creativity Student would be able to Student would be able to Student copies and generate multiple demonstrate one clear pastes from the Internet approaches of looking at approach to without discrimination; the problem; Student would understanding the product demonstrates be challenge to problem; does not ask little connection to the demonstrate different students to draw question; product does approaches conclusion. not show reflection. 21 Back to Index Fine Points Fine Point #1: Line Length Research has shown that reading from the screen is more difficult than reading from paper. Because this is so, you need to take extra steps to make the best of the situation. One mistake web developers often make is to let the length of lines of text fill the screen without constraints, something that doesn't happen on paper. Readability is best when each line contains 8 to 15 words. There are several ways to achieve this. Design your pages within frames to create a left margin and thus shorten the length of the remaining screen, or use a large type size (appropriate for primary grades only), or put all your pages within tables. The third possibility is the one most generally applicable. The text on this page is contained within a table 550 pixels wide, with an empty column 50 pixels wide. The line length, then, is constrained to 500 pixels 22 Back to Index Fine Point #2: Paragraph Length As mentioned in Fine Point #1, reading from the screen is more difficult than reading on paper. Another strategy you can use to make reading your web document easier is to shorten your paragraphs. This will help the readers' eyes from getting lost in your text. These breaks help the eye track. A few short and easy tips can make your pages a little more user friendly. Limit your paragraphs to 1-3 sentences. This style is is commonly used by journalists in newspapers around the world. Be as brief as possible. Say what you mean, mean what you say. This will limit the length of the your paragraphs and document. Fine Point #3: Use Sans-Serif Fonts Another way to make your pages more readable is to use a sans-serif font. The serif fonts like Times, Palatino, and New York are good fonts for printing, but on the screen the serifs make them more difficult to read, especially in a smaller font size or on a smaller screen. Fonts that work well are Verdana, Arial, and Helvetica. You may also review your font listing for other more readable fonts. Not all computers have all the same fonts so you may want to indicate several two or three fonts so you can make sure others see your pages as you designed them. See for yourself. The first paragraph below is Times, the second Verdana. They are both the same font size. Which would you rather read all day? 23 Back to Index Fine Point #4: Using Fonts Consistently If you decide to change the font of your document you must stick with it. Now this may sound like a no brainer, but in fact, Home Page sometimes will slip right out of your changed font and back into Time or whatever the default font is. Some things that could cause the font to change back include 1. hitting return, 2. changing from a number/bulleted list back to normal text, or 3. clicking below the paragraph you are working on. The fix is quite simple. 1. Examine your text closely. 2. Change the font again if it slips out of your designated font. 3. When finished with your document, Select all and change everything on the page at once. 24 Back to Index Fine Point #5: Checking the Reading Level You have to consider who is going to be reading your online documents as you write and edit them. The teacher page can be as complex as you need it to be, but the student pages need to reflect the reading levels of the target grade level. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators has a look at readability for different grade levels complete with a graph. You don't want your students to get stuck on the directions, here are some tips to ensure understanding. 1. Be direct and simple. 2. Use vocabulary appropriate to the reading level. 3. If necessary use an online dictionary to assist your student. Fine Point #6: Underlining There is an easy rule when using underlining in web pages. Don't. Links are automatically underlines and when people start underlining regular text, users get confused. Less experienced users think the link is broken. How do you get around underlining? Use italics or bold. Book titles should be italized. Example: 1.Link or book title? Catcher in the Rye or Catcher in the Rye or Catcher in the Rye - None of them are links, but the 1st and 3rd ones might be confused as links. 25 Back to Index Fine Point #7: Meaningful Titles Nothing says "I was in a hurry!" louder than when the title bar has no title, or one that say "Put the Name of Your WebQuest Here". The WebQuest template Title needs to be changed and it is up to you! Use a name that suits your specific topic. Generic titles like "WebQuest" or "Student Page" should be avoided. Specific titles add more character and individuality to your page. When you get to the page, it is very apparent whether or not you took the time to change the title. Fine Point #8 Using Transparency When using GIFs you can make a single color value become transparent. Since images can only be rectangular in size, transparency is a way to get around this limitation. This only works with GIFs with backgrounds that are a single color value (if you notice little color specs in the background it will not work). On a white or patterned background, this image would look awkward. With a transparent background, the blue disappears and it appears the image is in the shape of the light bulb. 26 Back to Index Fine Point #9: Pad the Image Space When you place an image into a document and align it left or right, any text you have will simply hug itself around the image. This fine point nudges the text away from the graphic, giving it more space and reducing the clutter on the web page. Now this can be easily accomplished by changing what is called the VSPACE and HSPACE of an image. Sound familiar? Probably not, Home Page has not yet incorporated this option. Despite that, it is easily done. Fine Point #10: Lighten a Background Have you ever found the perfect background for the subject of your page, but you just couldn't read the text very well? Instead of finding another background, using a color, or risking your students not being able to read the text, you can easily lighten the background so you can use it. Using a shareware program called Graphic Converter from Lemke Software, you can easily and quickly lighten a background. This program may be downloaded directly from Downloads.com. While you can use the trial version without any limitations, the $35.00 dollar shareware fee covers all future updates. 27 Back to Index Fine Point #11: Give Text Some Room When using tables you need to keep your text from being right on the borders or edges, much like Fine Point #9 did with images. This is especially important when using a background or borders. This is another easy task to complete. All you need to do is adjust the padding of the table and you are set. Fine Point #12: Put text and graphics next to each other in Home Page Another way to conserve space on your page is to put your graphics next to your text in a table, this technique can be particularly helpful with the use of photographs and other medium sized images. In stead of describing the image or continuing with your text below the image, you can simply run the text on either side. This compacts the page in stylish and uncluttered fashion. 28 Back to Index Fine Point #12: Put text and graphics next to each other in Home Page If you have been working down the list of Fine Points, you will have noticed that we are trying to make your pages more readable and efficient. Another way to conserve space on your page is to put your graphics next to your text in a table, This technique can be particularly helpful with the use of photographs and other medium sized images. In stead of describing the image or continuing with your text below the image, you can simply run the text on either side. This compacts the page in stylish and uncluttered fashion. This image of Crater Lake in Oregon is sitting directly above the text. Notice all of the wasted space on either side of the image? This method allows you to utilize that space that would otherwise be wasted. It would be a good idea to adjust the padding to keep the text off the edge of the table. 29 Back to Index Fine Point #13: Removing Borders on Images in Home Page When using an image as a link or button, you need to remove the border. Otherwise, you will have a blue box around the linked graphic. While this may not seem like much, it is one of the many characteristics that separates a good page from a great page. Unless you change it, the default border for a linked image will be the color of your links. After you visit the link, it will turn the color of your visited links. This situation is easily remedied by changing the border to zero. 30 Back to Index Fine Point #14: Making Your Page Accessible It's easy to forget that not everyone is able to perceive your web pages the way you do. If you're designing your pages with the hope that people you'll never meet will be using them (and you should), you'll need to consider the fine points of making them accessible. You can check your pages for accessibility by calling up the new Bobby page, though you might find that to be unduly daunting. The IBM Guidelines for Web Accessibility page lists 11 recommendations for web page designers. For most WebQuest pages, you'll probably only need to think about rules #1, #2 and #10. Rule #10 is pretty self-evident. It recommends that you make your hyperlinks self- descriptive (like the IBM one in the paragraph above) rather than links that simply say click here. Rules #1 and #2 are about providing a text alternative to every graphical link. By doing so, the visually impaired will be able to have the computer read the page to them. When the computer comes to a graphic, it reads the text caption which (if written correctly) will communicate at least some of the information provided by the graphic. 31 Back to Index WebQuest Template Put the Title of the WebQuest Here Developed by (put your name, an email link, and your URL) Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion 1. Overview Describe what the lesson is about. Specify content area (mathematics, language arts, etc) and grade level (middle, elementary, early childhood, etc.). Specify strands and objectives from the South Carolina Curriculum Standards that this WebQuest Supports. List by subject area (WebQuests should be interdisciplinary projects). List any special resources that a teacher would need in the classroom or in the media center for the students to complete the activity. For example, print resources in the media center, art reproductions, or video and audio materials. Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion 2. Introduction Write an introduction to your WebQuest that will give students some background about your topic. Try to interest them. If your webquest is about a place, include some general information, a picture, and/or audio files. If it is about a person, describe something about the person that gives general background to the students. If you are creating a scenario with opposing points of view, describe the views briefly. Remember, you want to interest the students in pursuing this WebQuest. Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion 32 Back to Index WebQuest Template 3. Quest(ions) and the Task What are the guiding questions that students need to keep in mind in order to accomplish their task? What is the task that the student(s) must undertake? Why is the job necessary? What are the circumstances surrounding the task or the question that may cause conflict? What led up to this circumstance? Is there more than one way of looking at this. Can you see conflicting roles for people--such as environmentalist and industrialist. You should briefly outline for student(s) what they are expected to learn. For example: Despite the known risks of space flight should the elderly be encouraged to make space shuttle flights for the sake of gaining potentially beneficial medical knowledge? Assign various roles to students. A good WebQuest generates some tension or conflict that must be resolved so you should try to develop two to four roles. Remember that you want this to be a collaborative activity for students. Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion 4 Process Explain that students who have similar roles may work together to compare ideas based on the factual information they have collected, or that students may continue to pursue their role individually until the conflict generated by the original guiding question (s) forces them to resolve the issue with the entire group. 33 Back to Index WebQuest Template 4a Process Once students have understood their roles and investigated the background material necessary to make informed decisions, then it is time for them to come together as a group and to discuss the issue(s). Group work should result in a consensus document or presentation. Give students directions on this group work. Be sure that they understand that their role may place them in conflict with another person's role. How should they resolve this conflict? What overall idea should they keep in mind that will allow them to compromise? Is there a greater good? Provide options for how students may present their information to the group. Here are some ideas: Flowcharts Multimedia Presentations Web Page Summary Tables Concept Maps Venn Diagrams Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion 5 Resources Identify for the students which other resources they may use to complete their task(s). Other resources may include: PowerPoint software to develop an informative slideshow Any URL links provided in this section Classroom Encyclopedias Color Printer Periodicals from the Media Center Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion 34 Back to Index WebQuest Template 6. Evaluation Provide students with a clear understanding of the grading criteria which will be used to evaluate their efforts. Provide links to online rubrics which will allow students to know upfront what grading criteria will be used. Following are some examples that could be used for a variety of projects. Include a phrase such as, "Please click here to review the criteria on which your individual grade will be based." OR "You will also receive a collaborative grade. Please click here to review the criteria which will determine you collaborative grade." Explain how the grades will be counted or averaged. Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion 7. Conclusion Explain to students how the conclusion will offer the opportunity to engage in further analysis. For example: Ask students how their roles could have been interpreted in a different light? Ask students if they had interpreted their roles differently, how might the outcome have changed? Ask students if they were flexible enough to compromise with the group and attain resolution, or did they yield to group pressures? Ask students what new questions did the issue(s) generate? Why would these new questions be important in answering the original question(s)? Overview|Introduction|Quest(ions)|Process|Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion Return to WebQuests Schools | Administration | Information |Academic Program | History | K-12 Standards | Web Resources| | Employment | Home | 35 Back to Index Teacher Guide #1: Evaluating Web Pages Just about anyone can create a web page on just about any topic. It is very important that students and teachers recognize that not everything out there is a viable resource. There are several things to look for when trying to determine if a web page is a viable source. The following are the items you and your students should consider before using a web page as a resource (information here is adapted from the Evaluating Internet Information page by Elizabeth E. Kirk). 1. Author - Who is the person writing on this topic? Is he/she an expert in the field? A professor or teacher? Or just someone with a little interest in the area? Is there biographical information available? Is the information in a reputable online publication? Is there a bibliography? All information from academic or official sources will have a bibliography. Unless the web page is part of a larger site (e.g. an encyclopedia or journal), there must be an author sited. 36 Back to Index Teacher Guide #1: Continues 2. Publisher - Has an individual just put up his/her own site? Or is it part of a larger site? Does someone evaluate the information prior to being published on the web? Does this Web page actually reside in an individual's personal Internet account rather than being part of an official Web site? This type of information resource should be approached with the greatest caution. If you come across a geocities or aol site, you need to remember that anyone can (and does) create web pages on these sites. If in doubt of the source, try going to the base site (i.e. http://www.geocities.com). If this site ends up being just a web page provider, think twice about the validity of the information. 3. Bias - Who is providing the information? Do they have any self interest in the way they present the information? Watch out for information on smoking from a tobacco company! 4. Age of Information - When was the information published? There should be a date somewhere on the page, especially if the page contains statistics or other time sensitive material. The age of some materials is irrelevant (like slave narratives). 37 Back to Index Teacher Guide #2: Using Photographs The following is a short list of strategies for using photographs in the classroom. This list is by no means complete, so don't be limited by these ideas. Use the Looking at Photographs Guide to help your students evaluate the content of the images. 1. QuickWrite Topics Describe everything you see in the photograph. What is/are the person/people thinking in the photograph? What questions does the photo answer? pose? List anything that comes to mind when looking at the photo? Write about what led up to this moment or what happened directly after it. 2. Creative Activities Write a short story about what is happening in the photo. Write a poem. Write a play and act it out with your classmates. Have Socratic Seminar. 38 Back to Index Teacher Guide #3: Evaluating Web Pages Did you know that anyone can write and publish a web page? Because of this, it is important that you and your teacher use web sites that are created by people who are are qualified to be writing on the subject matter. For example, would you rather use information on the human body written by a doctor, or someone who has just been to the doctor? The following are a list of questions you need to consider when evaluating at a web page along with some tips and things to look for. 1. Who wrote it? Is he/she an expert in the field? A professor or teacher? Or just someone with a little interest in the area? Is there biographical information available? What exactly do we know about the author? Unless the web page is part of a larger site (e.g. an encyclopedia or journal), there must be an author cited. 39 Back to Index Teacher Guide #3: Continued 2. Who is publishing it? Has an individual just put up his/her own site? Or is it part of a university or company site? If you come across a geocities, angelfire, tripod, or aol site, you need to remember that anyone can (and does) create web pages on these sites. If in doubt of the source, try going to the base site (i.e. http://www.geocities.com). If this site ends up being just a web page provider, think twice about using the information. 3. Is there an opinion being presented? Who is providing the information? Do they have any self interest in the way they present the information? (e.g. Watch out for information on smoking from a tobacco company!) 4. How old is the web page? When was the information published? There should be a date somewhere on the page, especially if the page contains statistics or other time sensitive material. 40 Back to Index A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests The WebQuest format can be applied to a variety of teaching situations. If you take advantage of all the possibilities inherent in the format, your students will have a rich and powerful experience. This rubric will help you pinpoint the ways in which your WebQuest isn't doing everything it could do. If a page seems to fall between categories, feel free to score it with in-between point. Once you've got a copy of the rubric, here are the three steps to putting your rubric together. 1.Generate a number of potential dimensions to use 2. Select a reasonable number of the most important dimensions 3. Identify benchmarks for each level of each dimension 41 Back to Index Overall Beginning Developing Accomplished Score Aesthetics 0 points 2 points 4 points Overall There are few or no graphic Graphic elements Appropriate and thematic Visual elements. No variation in sometimes, but not graphic elements are used to layout or typographic always, contribute to the make visual connections that Appeal OR contribute to the understanding of understanding of concepts, Color is garish and/or concepts, ideas and ideas and relationships. typographic variations relationships. There is Differences in type size and/or are overused and legibility some variation in type color are used well and suffers. consistently.. size, color, and layout. Background interferes with the readability. Navigation Getting through the lesson is There are a few places Navigation is seamless. It is confusing and unconventional. where the learner can get always clear to the learner what & Flow Pages can't be found easily lost and not know where to all the pieces are and how to and/or the way back isn't clear. go next. get to them. Mechanical There are more than 5 broken 1 point 2 points Aspects links, misplaced or missing There are some broken No mechanical problems images, badly sized tables, links, misplaced or missing noted. misspellings and/or grammatical images, badly sized tables, errors. misspellings and/or grammatical errors. 42 Back to Index Introduction Beginning Developing Accomplished Score Motivational 0 points 1 point 2 points Effectiveness of The introduction is The introduction The introduction draws Introduction purely factual, with no relates somewhat to the the reader into the appeal to relevance or learner's interests lesson by relating to the social importance and/or describes a learner's interests or OR compelling question or goals and/or The scenario posed is transparently bogus problem engagingly describing a and doesn't respect compelling question or the media literacy of problem. today's learners. Cognitive 0 points 1 point 2 points Effectiveness of the The introduction The introduction The introduction builds on Introduction doesn't prepare the makes some reference learner's prior knowledge and reader for what is to to learner's prior effectively prepares the learner come, or build on knowledge and by foreshadowing what the what the learner previews to some lesson is about. already know extent what the lesson is about. 43 Back to Index Task Beginning Developing Accomplished Score Connection of Task 0 points 2 point 4 points to Standards The task is not related The task is referenced The task is referenced to to standards. to standards but is not standards and is clearly clearly connected to students must know and be what students must able to do to achieve know and be able to do proficiency of those standards. to achieve proficiency of those standards. Cognitive Level of 0 points 3 points 6 points the Task Task requires simply Task is doable but is Task is doable and engaging, comprehending or limited in its and elicits thinking that goes retelling of information significance to students' beyond rote comprehension. found on web pages lives. The task requires The task requires synthesis of and answering factual analysis of information multiple sources of questions. and/or putting information, and/or taking a together information position, and/or going beyond from several sources. the data given and making a generalization or creative product. 44 Back to Index Process Beginning Developing Accomplished Score 0 points 2 points 4 points Clarity of Process Process is not clearly Some directions are Every step is clearly stated. stated. 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Masters of soundtracking tropical paradises and lunar escapes, Psychemagik have gained underground and overground notoriety through their globally embraced production work, remixes of Haim, Cutters Records signing Kauf, Bryan Ferry and Azari & III, the Healin' Feelin' edits and multi-directional DJ sets. Following a series of cultish mixtapes that found them digging through dusty bins like coalminers, the duo have embraced more contemporary electronics for us all in the name of love.
The party favourites return down under this December (dates after our Q&A below) and are soon releasing a weirdo disco edits LP with killer contributions from former Modcast stars Mike Simonetti, Eric Duncan and Jacques Renault.
Where are you now and what are you doing?
At the studio doing an edit of a killer turkish disco track.
Very cool to hear Psychemagik fully immersed in modern sound, the flip side of your epic 60s/70s create digger excursions. If you could relive any year which would it be?
1969 in Haight Ashbury would have been a trip.
Your previous mixtapes tell great narratives. Almost like audio books. Does this one have a story?
It's about being in love and getting totally lost in someone.
Describe the most psychedelic experience of your life (non drug-related).
I was in London's west end one morning and dozens of lobsters were falling out of the sky and landing on the street. It was surreal.
You're a well travelled duo. Of all the places you've been, where are the
most adventurous/out there audiences?
They're pretty out there generally, I think our music attracts that, but Californian and Canadian crowds really know how to rip it.
What's the most unlikely place you've uncovered gold on a digging expedition?
In a hotel lobby in Adelaide.
Do you collect anything other than records?
Analogue synths.
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We've just signed a monster dance track called 'Black Noir Schwarz' to Crosstown Rebels. We've been playing it out and it seems to have instant dancefloor appeal.
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Hyderabad: With the newly created Telangana state trying to give a boost to the events industry, a new industry body has been floated to tap the immense potential.
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Mumbai: The World Junior Chess Championship, the first stepping stone to future glory, is scheduled from October 5-20 in Pune.
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New York: American clothing retailer GAP will enter India next year in partnership with textile company Arvind Lifestyle Brand and open 40 outlets across the country as part of its global expansion strategy.
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New Delhi: Centuro Rockstar, a 110-cc motorbike, was launched on Monday by Mahindra Two Wheelers here. It is available at a price of Rs 43,700 (ex-showroom).
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This is the result of a company being cheap. Using multiple vendors to work on their "system" has left them with a rats nest. Needless to say they were having connection issues that day. Gave them a quote to cleanup and examine the issue. Never heard back.
I know it could look a lot worse but this is the kind of crap I hate to deal with. They expected a cheap and fast fix. Turns out someone plugged in a residential wireless router so they could surf the net on the sales floor. I found an extension cord coming out of a ceiling tile leading up to the router. I told them to unplug it and like magic the network came back to life. Two DHCP servers on one network, tisk tisk.
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Pimlico Academy is to expand to include its own primary school on-site. Future received initial approval from the Department for Education in October 2011 to open 'Pimlico Primary' under their Free Schools programme. Planning Permission was granted yesterday by Westminster Council; work on site will begin in October 2012 and the Primary will open its doors to Reception pupils next September.
Pimlico Primary will provide much needed places for 60 children per annum, making the Academy South Westminster's first all-through state school. Pupils at the non-denominational Primary will be guaranteed a place at Pimlico Academy.
Caroline Nash, Chair of the Board of Governors, said, "We are delighted that Westminster Council has granted permission for our Primary school. By opening Pimlico Primary we can make a real difference to the life chances of children in South Westminster."
Annaliese Briggs, Principal Designate of Pimlico Primary, commented, "This is excellent news for the many local families who have been demanding increased provision in high quality education. I will be contacting everyone who has expressed an interest in sending their child to Pimlico Primary and look forward to welcoming our new pupils in Reception in September 2013."
Pupils will enjoy the newest facilities at Pimlico Primary and will have access to the many excellent facilities at Pimlico Academy including an auditorium, all weather sports pitch, library and science labs.
Jerry Collins, Principal of Pimlico Academy, said, "We are excited about the prospect of Pimlico Academy becoming an all-through school, enabling us to provide an exceptionally high standard of education from a child's first day in Reception all the way through to 18. Pupils at the Primary will follow a coherent knowledge-led curriculum, facilitating a smooth progression from year to year. Through its focus on knowledge and sequential learning, they will have the strongest preparation for learning and achievement in the Secondary phase at Pimlico Academy."
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Strangers on a train: Good guy Frank Martin (Jason Statham) and
Fishing with his old friend Tarconi (Francois Berleand) off the coast of Marseille, Frank Martin's last road trip seems far behind him. He's kicked back, waiting for a bite, willing to stubbornly argue with the French police inspector that Dean Martin's effortless charm made him more of a genius than Jerry Lewis' silly pratfalls. But later that night, everyone's favorite chauffeur with a cause finds himself again behind the wheel — and on the wrong end of a complicated deal gone wrong.
A job Martin (Jason Statham) had turned down and passed on to a friend Malcolm (is there a transporter trade association?) returns to haunt him. More literally, it returns to plow into his minimalist living room, his friend's black Audi barreling through his wall. Malcolm (David Atrakchi) has been shot, but that turns out to be the least of his worries; when the paramedics load him into the ambulance and pull away, the driver friend detonates. He — and his passenger, the pouty girl in the back seat — have been outfitted with bracelets that turn into bombs once they are 75 feet removed from the car in question. A rifle butt to the back of the head, and soon Martin finds himself wearing the same accessory.
The transporter's new client-by-coercion goes only by the name of Johnson (Robert Knepper), a nasty man with a nasty disposition, given to shooting henchman who talk too much. He talks about Martin delivering a "package" to a GPS-directed destination, putting a bag of something in the trunk of the Audi he's altered; in that moment, everyone but Martin realizes the delivery is actually the girl, Valentina (Natalya Rudakova), who turns out to be the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government minister (Jeroen Krabbe). Without much say in the matter, Martin kicks the car — and the action — into high gear.
This being a Transporter movie, it really matters little that the plot hinges on a bullying American corporation attempting to force its environmentally toxic waste on the Ukraine. That part is simply understood to be the window dressing that surrounds the stage-center stunts, which in this film grow to include a boffo bicycle race, a little underwater improvisation and a new idea for how to catch a train. Statham's signature hand-to-hand (or more often foot-to-throat) combat sequences are inventively choreographed by series creator Corey Yuen, who along with writers Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen made Statham a star with the inital Transporter movie. The first fight boasts a few Fred Astaire grace notes, bringing back Martin's fastidious concern for the care of his trademark black suit even in the midst of a furious attack. The second uses the suit even more, Martin performing a sort of bare-knuckle burlesque, methodically turning his blazer, shirt, tie and belt into weapons. The staging appears as though it was superb, but the film's biggest flaw is that director Olivier Megaton and his editing team chop up the action into strobed quick cuts that oftentimes partially obscure the precision of Yuen's (and Statham's) artistic physicality.
Statham has always been the secret weapon of the Transporter films, and Frank Martin is a spare but striking character. He's a new incarnation of the reluctant hero, a guy whose push comes to shove more often than he'd like. He constructs rules to live by — no names, no changes of plans, no opening of packages — that really are just little recognitions that there never are any rules to live by. He breaks them almost as often as he invokes them. It's part of his weary charm.
In Valentina, first-time actress Rudakova gives Martin a love interest, presumably a move to show audiences the softer side of Statham. Unfortunately, it never really rises past the level of just another distraction. This isn't Statham's fault. Director Roger Donaldson's tight thriller The Bank Job (2008) proved that the Brit actor is definitely capable of more than just action when given the opportunity. He doesn't really seem hellbent of having more, though. In Transporter 3, Frank Martin explains that he's good to his car, so that his car will be good to him. In staying close to the genre that gave him stardom, maybe Jason Statham is just trying to take care of a vehicle that's been so awfully good to him.
AUG 29 Everyone who cares about Louisiana should take time to peruse this story about coastal loss from Bob Marshall of The Lens. It's not enough to call it a story; it's an interactive experience packed with data and amazing graphics, timelines, history, photos and excellent writing. Set aside some time, because you can't go through this one in a few minutes.
JUN 29 This bizarre story from the Advocate on the shooting of a Baton Rouge television personality reads like the script of a soap opera - but not a good one. The allegations against him include sexual abuse of children, including the alleged shooter, and a sham immigration marriage involving his own daughter. The other side? He was a chaplin for the Sheriff's Office in Baton Rouge and preached in a local church.
AUG 29 Here's a story from CBS News about a killer amoeba found in the water system of St. John the Baptist Parish. The story made all three networks (CBS, ABC, NBC) as well as Fox "News," although they have not yet found out how it is Obama's fault. Seriously, the good news is that so far officials know of no one sickened by the water.
AUG 29 Huffington Post has a blog called Love Letters, which is grandly described as "an anthology of reflections on places the world over." This entry is from LSU Football Coach Les Miles, who, it appears, loves Baton Rouge. (Of course he does; he's a rich straight white man.) And certainly Baton Rouge loves him - unless he loses (ask Curley "Golden Flake" Hallman about that) or leaves (ask Nick Saban).
AUG 29 Blogger Bob Mann comments here upon Governor Bobby Jindal's federal lawsuit about Common Core. Mann calls it a "thinly veiled campaign document" and that might be the nicest thing he says in this post. Most troubling for Jindal and his aspirations, Mann has unearthed what Bobby said just a few years ago when he first decided to shove Common Core down our throats.
AUG 29 Blogger Tom Aswell has several developments here related to the so-called Edmonson amendment. The most entertaining one is possibly Tom's acknowledgement that a State Police official is (allegedly) calling the bloggers covering the story some colorful names. Listen up, cowboy: You really think two veterans like Tom Aswell and CB Forgotston care if you call them idiots?
AUG 29 Gotta love those journalists who write something with the enthusiasm that implies they're the first one to figure something out. Mostly, they're not. This is one of those times; the post on Slate Magazine says that Bobby Jindal's Common Core lawsuit is a political stunt. Well - Duh.
AUG 29 This story by WVLA tells us about a guy who got busted for speeding in Baton Rouge. Who cares? This guy took that infraction to new heights by going 129 miles per hour on Nicholson Drive. Poor fella - he probably has spent so much time sitting in Baton Rouge traffic he just had to cut lose.
AUG 28 As the controversy surrounding the Office of Group Benefits intensifies, blogger Tom Aswell gives us some background on the current problems. The OGB, which handles health insurance for current and retired state employees, is deep in the red since it was privatized by Jindal, and Aswell gives us the skinny: this great plan was designed by ALEC. The company handling it? Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana - a longtime member of ALEC.
AUG 28 Blogger CB Forgotston has a concept for a new reality show: the wives of the "Dork Dynasty." That's the name that some troopers have given to State Police Commander Mike Edmonson and his inner circle. The ladies CB has picked for his cast are not just housewives, however, and the connections here are pretty interesting.
AUG 28 Blogger Ian McGibboney is writing about the strife in Ferguson in this post, and articulating what many people down south are saying. There's a fairy tale about how there's tons of racism in the South, but it's all hunky dory up North. (Really? Look again.)


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Despite the passage of time, Van Halen continues to rock. I have the ruptured eardrums to prove it.
I was "sitting" (No one ever sits during a Van Halen concert. Your seat number is just a suggestion.) with my 15-year-old daughter on one side of the stage while my husband was sitting with our 16-year-old son on the other. We could see everything and if we wanted a close-up, there was always the jumbo screen that was sometimes in sepia and sometimes in full color.
The concert setting had a main stage and an "s" curve walkway that started about two stories above Alex Van Halen's drum kit and curved down and out into the floor seating. The show started with the spotlight hitting David Lee Roth standing at the very top of the "s" waving an enormous red flag.
Why a red flag? I do not know. I suspect it is one of those Stupid Guy Things. Those of us who are of the female persuasion are constantly dumbfounded by various testosterone-driven activities and usually, we have to settle for the answer that it is a SGT. It explains a lot.
The opening song was "You Really Got Me" and we were off to the races.
David Lee Roth's vocals were of a surprisingly good quality. He may have tamed down his strut a bit but for the most part, he was the David Lee of old.
He sent the crowd into a rowdy frenzy with the loudest cheers coming when he asked how we were doing in Portland, Oregon. We were so proud of him for remembering where he was.
The song list covered the Roth-era hits: "I'm the One," "Runnin' With The Devil," "Romeo Delight," "Somebody Get Me a Doctor," "Beautiful Girls," "Dance the Night Away," "Atomic Punk," "Everybody Wants Some," "So This is Love?," "Mean Street," "Pretty Woman," "Unchained," "I'll Wait," "And the Cradle Will Rock," "Hot For Teacher," "Little Dreamer, " "Little Guitars," Jamie's Cryin'," "Ice Cream Man," "Panama" and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love." The encore was, of course, "Jump." Not a bad set, huh?
Alex Van Halen remains a drum god. Pounding away, drum sticks a blur, he anchored the music. I don't know why rock drummers, if they are lucky to survive long enough, all start to look like Charlie Watts, the drummer for the Rolling Stones. It could be a Rock Law or a Biblical prophesy but I'm pretty sure it's another one of those SGTs.
The big question of the tour was the bass player. Michael Anthony was tossed for some kid named Wolfgang and, oh yeah, his last name is Van Halen.
I thought he did a fine job. Those Anthony bass riffs are challenging and Wolfie appeared to cover them well. He looks just like his mom, Valerie Bertinelli, and was born about a month after my own son, but he held his own and then some. The interplay between Wolfie and his dad, Eddie, was touching at times and added a poignant tone to the evening. The torch was being passed.
Wolfie is bigger than his dad like most kids are. I don't know if it's because today's kids are receiving better nutrition or if it's because us parents are shrinking, but I suspect they are doing it on purpose out of spite. They are still quite bitter over being fed those strained peas so they grow bigger just so they can have all the cookies they want.
Then, there was Eddie.
Wearing only camouflage pants and red high-tops (de rigueur SGT fashion,) he bounced from one side of the stage to the other. His smile never died as he did his split-leg jumps and threw The Pumping Fist of Rock, a prime example of SGT if you were looking for one.
He never missed a note and seemed to add several extra just for show.
The younger generations in the audience who are currently absorbed with the video game Guitar Hero were left with their mouths agape. In that game when you mess up, you get this loud embarrassing "doink" sound instead of the correct note. Eddie Van Halen was totally and completely doinkless. On expert level.
He took the solo, "Eruption" and turned it into a 20-minute long seismic event. We…were not worthy.
It is obvious to anyone that Van Halen is Eddie and Eddie is Van Halen. This tour's lineup puts on a fun show and is well worth eardrum injury.
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Jazz should be introduced as soon as children can count to four, clap their hands together, and stomp around the room. Jazz is one of the few things in existence that is truly an American creation and our children need to be exposed to this art that is a centerpiece of our culture. It frightens me when I talk to middle school students who have never heard of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstong, Count Basie, Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton or any other innovators and creators of jazz. These should be household names in America! Every student needs exposure jazz, not just the ones who play instruments. General Music courses can teach jazz standards and 12 bar blues and incorporate basic improv concepts into the curriculum. This should not be done as a "jazz unit" but needs to be involved continuously throughout the entire scope of curriculum. Students in our schools deserve to learn about their own American culture and as music educators it is our duty to expose them to jazz. Any child can learn to clap on 2 + 4 and any child can learn to appreciate jazz.
I agree! I incorporate Jazz with every grade level I teach, and believe me, Kindergarteners LOVE to listen and move to jazz! Chop Monster Jr. is a wonderful resource for introducing young learners to this genre.
We incorporate jazz into the curriculum immediately in Michigan. By the end of first grade they will be able to tell the difference between jazz and classical music, and will be able to aurally give their responses to this. Jazz is the basis to so many different styles of music. Teach it as early as possible.
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