Oct8+Webquests

=WebQuests and Beyond! - October 8th=

**Today's Goals:**

 * **What are RMS's goals for 2007 - 2008?**
 * Creating Online Lessons which require critical thinking
 * Develop Teacher Cadres to support these efforts
 * **What is a WebQuest and how do start?**
 * **Example WebQuests [|http://webquest.org]** [[image:webquest.jpg align="right" link="wikiwebquest:home"]]
 * Read more aboout Webquests at: http://webquest.org/index-resources.php
 * See WebQuest Wiki for a sample framework for a Webquest.
 * Evaluate a WebQuest: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html
 * **How can you engage your students in something new and doable?** The end product should be more than a research paper. Samples include:
 * Wiki
 * Podcast
 * Multi-Media Presentation (can be vodcasted)
 * Blog
 * etc.
 * **What support do you need to make this happen?**
 * **Set up times and days to use Staff Development funds to develop these lessons.**

Designing the Lesson:

 * 1) Look at your TEKS and the ARRC
 * 2) Identify an upcoming unit
 * 3) Highlight Student expectations - How can the students demonstrate these to you?
 * 4) Create the Rubric for evaluating the student learning
 * 5) Contact your friendly librarians and ITS for ideas as you start
 * 6) Design the Project

October 8th - PowerPoint -

Atendees://Please record what lessons you want to develop below. Please Include your name(s), unit of topic, dates for teaching it, and student product you might want them to create.//


 * ex. Robin - Texas Revolution - Novemberish - A Multi-media presentation about an event from the Texas Revolution. Maybe turn it into a vodcast?
 * Oct./Nov., music, brochure, podcast, vodcast or solar system, April/May, real estate agent, podcast or vodcast
 * LOTE Team... we would LOVE to take a 1/2-day on to work on this as a department.
 * 6th Grade Science: May, Solar System Webquest.
 * 7th grade L/A- wiki for The Outsiders mind maps
 * Remus- webquests/wikis for TAG independent projects
 * 6th Grade World Cultures/Blog or something with podcasts and data about 3 countries and which they would prefer tolive in.
 * 8th grade Science- Newton's Laws (Force and Motion) using our new motion detectors.
 * 8th LA-- To Kill a Mockingbird -- beginning of second semester for assignment right before spring break
 * Math 8 - David Holbert - Early May - Math in everyday life. I probably need to think about this more before I have a good idea of second semester what I want.
 * Count us in! (Texas History) plus April Morales, SS Resource teacher. How about some time in the middle of Nov.? We can do something on Modern Texas during the Spring. This will give us some time to get it done. Or, we can do somthing simple over, say, the Republic Of Texas. Love this!
 * Michael Hightower- U.S. Constitution (November) and/or Civil War (March)- Webquest
 * M. Remus- 7th Lang. Arts - Webquest for "The Outsiders" Novel (with other 7th Grade Language Arts Teachers) or Webquest on Independent Projects for TAG students (with all TAG Lang. Arts Teachers). Need to discuss & plan with other teachers.
 * Michael Hightower- U.S. Constitution (November) and/or Civil War (March)- Webquest
 * Greg Rozsa, ecosystems, Oct./Nov., music, brochure, podcast, vodcast or solar system, April/May, real estate agent, podcast or vodcast