Hi All,
When working on curriculum development with teachers, we initially
created online curriculum based on the webquest and 4MAT methodology.
Since teachers voiced similar conerns to yours David, we took the
methodology and translated it into an onsite piece of curriculum - all
paper based. The curriculum still engaged the students at the same level
and was just as successful - proving that it is not the
ocmputers/technology that make the difference, but the good curriculum
designand pedagogy.
For younger students you can integrate all aspects of the curriculum -
art, maths, science. One of my students designed a webquest for year 2
students. She used 4 selected web resources only and embedded the use of
the computers into the quest and the assessment (it was learning
outcome). Student use of the technology was therefore highly structured
and limited. The rest was library and paper based on site. The quest was
about insect life cycles - their lifecycles representations were done on
paper plates in art, using tissue paper and glitter for butterfly wings
and painted cotton wool for the lava cases. You are only ever limited by
your imagination - you can also ask the kids for ideas - they often tend
to com eup with things you may never have considered!
:)
BC
Vice President, Advocacy & Promotion, IASL
Convenor for the Transforming Information and Learning Conference
http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/TILC
Barbara Combes, Lecturer
School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth
Western Australia
Ph: (08) 9370 6072
Email: b.combes@ecu.edu.au
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-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of DiGregorio, David
Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 11:52 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Target: Web app / a defense of "webquests"
Thanks for the answer to my question regarding wequests. My concern is
rather the age at which children are subjected to computers.
Personally, I would rather see elementary school age children spending
much less time on computers and more on tactile activities - concrete
objects possessing feel, smell and dimension. This, at least will give
many youngsters a break from all the little appliances that seem to
capture too much of their attention. I see, on a limited basis, that
webquests could be valuable thanks to your posting.
David Di Gregorio
Supervisor Library Media Services
Tenafly High School
Tenafly, NJ USA
www.librarymedia.net
201-816-6617
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