July+23

=TOPIC: WebQuests - Analyze this!=

Outline for second show:
> Jose Rodriguez, third grade teacher in Los Angeles CA, AND Alice Mercer, a fifth grade teacher in Sacramento, CA.AND Maria Knee a Kindergarten teacher from Deerfield, NH. Maria is not able to join us tonight because of a family commitment. > A WebQuest as Bernie Dodge says is "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from the Internet." WebQuests engage students in authentic learning to solve real world problems. They often contain six parts: 1. Introduction 2. Task 3. Process 4. Resources 5. Assessment 6. Conclusion
 * 1) ===**Intro: (1min)**===  [//**Durff talks**//] Welcome to It's Elementary Show Two, titled: Webquests Analyze this! We are streaming live on the EdTechTalk Channel of the Worldbridges network. This is Lisa Durff, a K12 teacher in Maryland, AND
 * 1) ===**Reason to Use: (6 to 8 min)**===  [//**Alice talks**//] Why use webquests in your elementary classroom? Drop in link [|Webquest.org]

What is a real webquest; Good overview on webquest.org site; [|creating a webquest] Webquests can be accomplished in a single class session or may take a month to complete. They usually involve group work with each participant having a defined role. Because many webquests are built around teacher-selected websites, students spend much time using information, not searching for information. [Matsuoka, B. et al (2004). Concept to Classroom: WebQuests Workshop. Retrieved July 22, 2007, from thirteen ed online Web site: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/index.html]

Bloom's Taxonomy, you can have recall question, but a Webquest must have analysis and/or evaluation level questions being answered too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_taxonomy

**3. Examples: (7 to 10 min)**
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 * **Durff** talks about Original [|Lesson Template]. Does overview on creating a webquest Slide Share; [|webquest template]
 * **Jose** will talk about webquest currently doing with summer class.
 * [|Farm Animals and You].


 * 4. Resources Available**: (6 to 8 min)
 * [|Quest Garden] (Durff talks about Portal for creating webquests)Username=mrsdurff password = p....
 * [|Filementality] (Jose talks about ATT portal)
 * [|Thinkquest] [Alice says "Competition for Webquests created by kids sponsored by Oracle"]
 * Other Authoring tools; (Jose Shares pay versus free) Bookmarks from diggo [|Instant WebQuest] and [|Web-and-Flow]
 * More info can be found (drop links into the chatroom) at [|post from NECC2007] Bernie Dodgepresentation, also recent interview on [|Women of the Web 2.0 #31>]
 * [|Kidcast Podcast #44] Interview with Bernie Dodge on June 24th Intelligenic blog by Dan Schmidt

Solicit feedback and refer to wiki for future topics to consider It should be open for anyone to post.
 * Taking Back to Our Classrooms / Next Steps --- Round Table Discussion (7 min to 9min)**
 * 1) === ===  Roundtable led by Alice; Where we (It's Elementary Team) share our thoughts. Any ideas on how webquests would look in your classroom? What resources would you use? Are there any obstacles or barriers to using this technology (webquest)?
 * 2) ===Questions/comments/ further discussion (open to wecbast participants) (??? try to keep to under 15)===
 * 1) ===Review and Wrap-up (2 min including outtro)===
 * [//Alice talks//]** Review ideas presented in show.
 * //[Durff talks]//** Outtro: This has been It's Elementary Show Two. This has been Lisa Durff, Jose Rodriguez, Alice Mercer webcasting live on the edtechtalk channel of the worldbridges network with special thanks to Jeff Lebow, Dave Cormier and the edtechtalk community. We have been discussing webquests with elementary students. Our next show will be Monday August 13th at 4:00Pacific, 7:00 Eastern, & 23:00 GMT. We will be talking about Podcasting in the Elementary Classroom. You can check out episodes, leave comments, and find out what's going on at our blog: itselementary [dot] edublogs [dot] org. Thank you for being here. Good Night!
 * Post Show**. Stream goes off???? Set up next prep. Any immediate feedback from team on what went well and what we need to work on. Try to wrap by 5:00 p.m.

Show Intro & Outtro: //**Lisa**// Back up: Alice Skype Conference; //**Alice**// Back up: Lisa Chat room director //**Lisa**// Back up: Jose Main discussion leaders **Lisa and Jose** Streaming **//Jose//** Back up Lisa Editing audio. //**Jose**// Back up Alice Maintaining Webcast Site **Alice** back up Lisa and Links on Diggo **Alice** Back up Jose Yugma. //**Alice**// back up Jose Posting to Edtechtalk Announcing next show topic, edited podcast chat etc...**Jose** Back up Lisa Posting to twitter, Ning & other places not yet considered, networking with edtech community on show topics, telling everyone you can: **Lisa** Back up Alice and Jose Reformating Chat Log to standard Jose? Alice? Maria? We haven't decided. How about we share task.
 * __Webcaster roles__**