Select 2 from the following OR complete the Alternative Project below:

Access the WebQuest portal @ http://www.webquest.org/ ; select an existing “top” rated WebQuest from the matrix to try with a group of students; write a reflective summary about the effectiveness/usefulness of the Quest for student learning.

Access the WebQuest portal @ http://www.webquest.org/ ; select an existing “top” rated WebQuest from the “new” matrix identify the national standard http://www.mcrel.org and corresponding state standard http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards.htm  addressed in the Quest.

Use the rubric handout(found @ http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html ) to evaluate 3 new WebQuests found @http://www.webquest.org/ .

Alternative Project

MACON COUNTY -- CUED 6920 -- FALL 2003
Project 2 -- netTrekker

“netTrekker, the trusted search engine for schools, enhances teaching and learning with fast and easy access to over 180,000 teacher-approved and educationally relevant K-12 online resources that align with each state’s academic standards.”
(from http://nettrekker.com/frontdoor/)

To Complete Project #2 you will:

PART I

PART II

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART I

Follow the steps below to complete the assignment:

From the netTrekker home page:

**Note:  It is possible that you may have to type in a “User Defined Keyword” and click “Submit” to find a variety of lesson plans.  (for example:  if you are searching health for the food pyramid and you “drill down” the Standards and no lesson choice appears.  Type “food pyramid” in the User Defined Keyword box and click Submit. 

Once you find the “Search Results” of your topic, there will be a list of TABS that can narrow your search.  The default tab is “All Results”.  But, you can click on “Lesson Plans”,  “Learning Exercises”, “Learning Games”, “Pictures”,  “Maps and Charts” to narrow the search according to your needs.

Click “SAVE SEARCH” when you find the websites that you want.

At this point you can delete sites that you do not want to save by clicking the box to make a check and clicking “delete” at the bottom of the search.

Before you save your search, click “e-mail to a friend” to the right.
--Enter my email address in the “to” blank (fergusonp@k12tn.net)
--Enter your email address in the “from” blank
--Click SEND

Next, save your search in the shared folder by clicking SAVE
Move your saved search to the shared folder by doing the following:

(Your search should have moved to the SHARED SEARCH folder)
You can check to see if your search is there by clicking once on SHARED SEARCH folder.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART II

Share another lesson plan using netTrekker as follows:

Project 3—PowerPoint

Use PowerPoint to create one classroom presentation
(minimum of 12 slides) to be used with students (on electronic presentation system or as transparencies). 

The presentation must include:

1. A minimum of 12 slides
2. You can choose the subject, but you must be able to use the presentation with your students or in your classroom.
3. a title page (Title, your name, date, your school);
4. fair use disclaimer;
5. minimum/maximum text guidelines;
6. accessing, saving, and referencing an internet graphic;
7. using digital images from scanners, digital cameras, and/or photo services;
8. selecting templates;
9. and (if you are using an electronic presentation system) slide transitions.  

Print the completed presentation either as full pages or as notes, or save the presentation to floppy disk(s) or burn to a CD, or email the presentation to me (if the file is very large, zip the file before emailing).  Get the presentation to me by the project deadline.  If you have questions on any of the above, please let me know.  You can email me at:  fergusonp@k12tn.net or call.  You have my number(s).

Links to help you complete the assignment:

Fair Use Disclaimer:  http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-17.html

PowerPoint tutorial websites to help you: 

1.  http://internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm

Basic Slide Show |
 Addition Slide Show |
 Advanced Tutorials |
 Integration Ideas |
 Slide Shows to Download
Great powerPoint Sites on the Web
Written by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles

2.  http://www.eiu.edu/~booth/pub/IntroPPointXP.pdf
Written by:  Sandra K. Nees, Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University

3.  http://help.unc.edu/pdf/1843.pdf
By the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4.  http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=OfficeXPTutorial
By Microsoft --  1) Scroll down the page and click “PowerPoint 2002”; 2) Click “Save” to save the tutorial to your hard drive OR click “Open” to open and view the tutorial.

Project 4 --

All assignments are due on or before the Assignment Due Dates above.