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Information is not the same as useful knowledge and the time spent accumulating huge amounts of factual knowledge might be better spent working with information to generate knowledge of personal significance therefore our students need to develop new skills.
The six interrelated information-processing skills include
| TASK DEFINITION : define the problem and identify information resources
needed to solve the problem.
INFORMATION-SEEKING STRATEGIES : identify the range of possible information resources and prioritize resources for investigation. LOCATION AND ACCESS : find the information sources and the relevant information within sources. USE THE INFORMATION : process (read, view) the information and extract relevant ideas. SYNTHESIS : organise and create a product (eg:decision, paper) from ideas. EVALUATION : consider the product and the effectiveness of the problem-solving process. (Grabe & Grabe, 1998, p17) |
These six skills can be expressed as a series of questions:-
What needs to be done? What can I use to find what I need?Where can I find what I needWhat information can I use?How can I put my information together?How will I know if I did my job well? (Jansen & Culpepper, 1996) |
Materials for Webquests http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/materials.htm
Templates for creating http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html
For a great overview see:
http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html
A webquest usually has a number of components: Introduction, Task, Resources, Process, Evaluation, Conclusion.
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL WEBQUEST by Moria Curtin, St Pauls Primary School, Perth
http://teachers.ash.org.au/wattle/abstuds/index.htm
AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS WEBQUEST by Diane Mentzer, Australia
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm
THE BUTTERFLY LIFE CYCLE by Jackie Miers in South Australia
http://www.stradsch.sa.edu.au/miers
WEBQUESTS BY TRAINING TEACHERS
http://web.mala.bc.ca/webquests3/edte611-2.htm
A COLLECTION OF WEBQUESTS by Rosemary Horton, Trinity College, Perth.
http://www.students.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/teaching/webquests.htm
ANOTHER SITE TO HELP TEACHERS DEVISE RESEARCH MODULES FROM WEB
http://questioning.org/module/module.html
TEACHERS HAVE PUT TOGETHER WEB BASED RESEARCH MODULES FOR VARIOUS AGES
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/bbcap_intro.html
Are a great way for children to explore the resources of the web while using their higher order thinking skills at the same time. See chapter 7.26 of Shelley Cashman Series "Teachers Discovering Computers" http://www.scsite.com/tdc/ch7/webinfo.htm and click on TREASURE HUNT
and go to http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics
to see experience this below
http://www.kisser.net.au/reddog/
St Paul's Primary School has some great projects they have been involved in
North Parmelia Primary School has some great projects they have been involved in
Some Interesting Collaborative Projects are listed at the Education Department Site:-
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/technology/index.htm
Oz-teachers Projects ~ the home of Collaborative projects
http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/
Intercultural Email Classroom Connections
http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/
CONCEPT MAPPING SOFTWARE
http://www.inspiration.com/prodev/index.cfm
ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/technology/teachers/index.htm
http://www.essdack.org/port/index.html
REMEMBER THESE RESOURCES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY TEACHERS
Quality resources on net - Blue Web'n :- http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Enchanted Learning:- http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
Trinity College Site for Teachers and Students :- http://www.students.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/
Education World:- http://www.education-world.com
SurftheNet:- http://www.surfnetkids.com
Funschool:- http://www.funschool.com/
Early Learning:- http://www.sunshine.aust.com/aus/index.html
by Dr Sue Trinidad, Curtin
University of Technology, Western Australia
