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Jog the Web Grades 2 to 12 Jog the Web

Teacher's First Edge Review: For advanced technology users. Have a series of web pages you want to share with someone? Use Jog the Web to share links and a specific jogging pathway (“track”) through them. Look at some of these great examples: Google Earth in education and Find a Fallacy.

Search or browse existing “tracks.” Once clicked, a sidebar appears on the left that provides information about the track. The number of pages in the “jog” appears, as well as forward and back arrows. View the names and descriptions of the pages and any instructions that the author added. Click on any of these names to follow the link directly to the page. Register to create your own track. See TeachersFirst’s safety and use tips for using this site below under “In the Classroom.” Some content on this site may be inappropriate for the classroom. Always preview.
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In the Classroom:
Skills needed: Registration is free and requires a password and email address. Once validated by email, click "Create a New Track" and enter a title and description. Find all of your tracks on your page. Click on each to edit descriptions or add steps (these are the web address url's of the pages you are adding.) Easily delete your tracks by clicking on the trash can icon next to each track.

Safety/Security: If students are to create tracks, each student will need to create an account (with an email address) and then email verification. Check your school policies about accessing/sharing student email on school computers. You may want to create your own Gmail account with up to 20 subaccounts for each group of students (by code name or number) within your classes. Here is a blog post that tells how.

Consider creating a single class account using your “extra” email address, so you can monitor and submit student work safely. Student-created tracks can be identified through title or adding initials at the end of the title. The home page of this site includes changing “featured” content contributed by the general public. Be sure to preview the content ahead of time. You may want to send students to your track via a direct link.

Classroom use: Create your own tracks as webquests for students to follow for class assignments. Students can be assigned different subtopics of a subject such as biomes, find related pages, and create a track working through these pages. Students could also create tracks to annotate their sources for a research project, critiquing each source in the sidebar. Teach about evaluating web sites and reliability of sources by having students in small groups create tracks comparing different sources on the same topic. Create tracks as homework help solutions for parents and students. Use a blog, wiki, or website to share these tracks for students to visit for obtaining information. Want to learn more about Wikis? Check out the Teacher’s First Wiki Walk-Through reviewed here.
 
Cinco de Mayo Webquest Grades 2 to 3 Cheryl J. Cox

Students will learn about the history of Cinco de Mayo and the Hispanic culture on this WebQuest. In groups of four, they work through seven different activities involving web research. Activities range from answering questions to making a piñata to sampling Mariachi music (some of the music links were not working at the time of this review). A list of books on Cinco de Mayo is also included. Be sure to visit the Teachers' Link.
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In the Classroom:
Have cooperative learning groups explore this site (and the activities) together.
 
Literary Webquest: Shakespeare's Othello Grades 10 to 12 Russ McDonald

This webquest grabs student interest by examining the character of Othello as a man set apart from his peers by his race. The task, process, resources, and evaluation are all clear and provide ample fodder for interesting class discussions on homeland security, racial profiling, and societal pressure. The quest casts the student in the role of a CIA agent, a proposition most students would find attractive!

Note: the first link relating to how to write a report is not working and neither is the Horizon Magazine, but all of the other article links and MLA source links are fine.
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In the Classroom:
This is a great activity to meld literature and social studies or humanities-based curriculum. Students can choose different areas to search for information and this can be tailored to the students in a given class. Using the information found will spark new interpretation as students then read the play Othello. As a writing activity, have students write a blog post as one of the investigators, reflecting on what he/she has learned!
 
Edgar Allan Poe Webquest Grades 6 to 8 Ellen Bower

This is a simple webquest to use with students who have not done many webquests. It introduces students to Poe effectively by requiring them to research his life as well as one of his stories. It is designed for students to work in teams, which makes it ideal for middle school students. The options given for evaluation are attractive to students and there is even a section that compares Poe to Stephen King.

Note: You will want to use your own links for the conclusion to give students more sites to visit since most of those listed are not working. The bulk of website works fine. Be sure to include TeachersFirst’s Interactive Raven as an alternative for those investigating this poem and for others who have concluded their work.
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In the Classroom:
This can be tailored to any of the Poe stories you read. One task might be to have students themselves find websites to offer additional Poe information after they have completed the webquest. Have students create a fictitious blog – written by Poe!
 
zwebquest Grades 2 to 12 Zafer Unal, PhD

Have you been pining to include pertinent webquests in your curriculum? This site allows you to view already created webquests and/or use their online tool to create your own webquest without HTML code or web editor software. This site walks you through a tutorial on creating your own webquest for the parameters YOU want. The tutorial includes planning, building, and getting your webquest published. Best of all-- it is free. This site also includes ready-made webquests in nearly every subject area (math, art, music, social studies, science, etc.) submitted by others like you. There are webquests for all grade level. The webquests are free to use and many include reviews by other educators. An easy to follow webquest matrix is available, with all of the subjects and grade levels. You are also able to do a webquest search for a specific topic. Nearly all of the webquests are in English, but a few are in other languages. Note: the quality of webquests is completely determined by others using the site to create webquests, so PREVIEW before using any webquest in class.
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In the Classroom:
Search the multitude of webquests that are “ready to go” at this site. If you are looking for a more personal touch, you can create your own webquest for each class, tailored to what you want to cover or want students to research. This site also provides a place to post a personal portfolio of your work (if you choose to include any student work, you must have written permission to do so from the student and his or her parent). You might also want students to create webquests as final products of group research projects. Be sure to provide a meaningful rubric for the essential features.
 
Welcome to Dr. B's Webquest Workshop Grades 5 to 12 Carolyn O Burleson

Did you ever want to make your own webquest but weren't quite sure how to go about it? Were you afraid you'd forget a valuable step? Here is a site that offers step-by-step instructions on how to make your own webquest tailored to your students needs and your teaching style. Very complete with lots of choices for creation. There is even a link to online help: Dr.B's Cyber Homepage Tutorial. This site offers a nice complement to Webquest 101 from TeachersFirst. Choose the methods that work best for you.
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Who Fits the Ism Webquest Grades 6 to 9 Janice Biebrich

This integrated activity was created for Art, Language Arts and Social Studies. It includes activities designed to allow students to investigate an Art movement in historical context and to apply their research to a situation where they must judge whether another artist's work and philosophy would be compatible with the movement. There are built-in extension activities and ways to address multiple intelligences within the webquest.

Ideal for working with Humanities, teachers can use this site for art, language arts, or social studies. Teachers of gifted will also find it a great way to approach art--even for those who are not "artistic."
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In the Classroom:
This site includes all the prerequisites for good webquests: introduction through evaluation. If you want to gear this to older students, more sites could be added to reflect your units. The sophistication of the final projects is up to you and your class, but the choices offered are a good variety.
 
Retelling the Classic Tales Grades 6 to 12 Adrienne Somera

Billed as a drama webquest, this is a project that outlines clearly and simply the different roles involved in creating a live play: from what blocking is to the responsibilities of prop and costume masters. For older students, it can serve as an introduction to more detailed or more difficult projects. This lacks some key elements of a webquest in design (e.g.,no process or evaluation), but it is highly useful for students with little or no real experience in the realm of play production.
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In the Classroom:
Allowing students to use the site as information and note-taking relieves the burden of classroom lecture and moves your students quickly to the "fun" part-- the actual production. If you are reading a play as a literature selection, consider having students perform a few scenes, using this background to help them know their jobs.
 
Conflict Yellowstone Wolves Grades 6 to 12 Keith Nuthall

This webquest carefully examines the problem of possible wolf extinction, their re-introduction into the wild, the opposition of the ranchers in the area etc. By presenting small groups of students with a real issue, the quest will teach how to perform and evaluate research before developing a point of view on an issue. For the final project of the quest, users write an editorial stating their well-researched viewpoint. Students don't do original research but rather use the articles contained within the project. Contains a rubric for evaluation as well as a form for "pre-writing" so the process of research and final presentation is carefully controlled. Users need RealAudio to hear the howls of the wolves.
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In the Classroom:
This project is ready to go for your classroom and teaches science and information literacy skills together.
 
The Big Wide World Webquest Grades 2 to 6 The Museum of Television & Radio

This site pulls together understanding of environment, geography, the earth and its setting in space, cultures, animals, and more. It forms a "core" for what social studies (and science)is all about. To figure out how the “Big Wide World” works, students will work with partners to investigate one area of the world (globe, plants, people, cultures, language, animals) and come up with rules about how this area works. The individual areas join with other areas and determine how the areas relate to each other. A teacher guide included. Active X is required on some website links.
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In the Classroom:
Use this Webquest to introduce the connections between major social studies and science concepts. After students work in groups to investigate the different areas, bring the class together to share. Guide a class discussion to show how the different areas are linked and work together. Use the Relationship Wheel (see Teacher Guide) as a bulletin board to support understanding. The site information says it can be used in grades K-4, but non-readers cannot do the tasks without a reader! For independent workers, it is better suited (and quite applicable)for grades 2-6.

If you do this at the start of the school year, you can revisit the overarching connections as you begin study of each sub-area so you are connecting to prior knowledge every time. Teachers in later grades could even recall the overarching questions as they continue with the study of these topics. Be SURE to put the link on your teacher web page for students to revisit throughout the year.
 

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