EDUC+7109+Introduction

EDUC 7109: Diverse Learners and Technology


 * Audience**: The audience will consist of High School students, teachers and other interested educators.


 * Agenda and Outline:** Webquest


 * Objective**: During this five-hour workshop, teachers should realize how valuable and easy it is to incorporate technology, create lesson plans in the classroom using Webquests.

**Unit focus:** Teach basic skills on how to use a Webquest and the benefits.. You will learn the basic features and functions of Webquest.


 * Topics:** Working with Webquest, creating and editing webquest, memorandum and creating a simple report.


 * Summary:** Students will learn how to use a Webquest and learn the benefits. The unit begins with teaching the participants about Webquest, showing them examples and asking for feedback of what they see. Throughout the unit they will learn how to create and use a Webquest as well as completing a simple report. They will learn what benefits Webquest presents in the classroom as well as with the students. Teachers can use Webquest in their classroom in order to gain a better understanding of the material at hand and understanding the "why."

Additional assessment is done at the end of each unit in Skill Builders and Assessments exercise. The course concludes with each participant completing a Webquest on the things that they have learned.

Ø http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/WebQuestExamples.html Ø Student’s email accounts Ø Internet Explorer Ø Computer Ø Whiteboard Ø Projector
 * Print Material:** Copies of Webquest for tangible viewing as well as looking at examples on the computer of completed Webquest.
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