Heritage Elementary School
Streamwood Illinois

Staff Development Workshops
 

Background

Format and Goals
 

Resources

Online Teacher Resources K-4

Online Teacher Resources 5-6
 
 

Evidence for Project-Based Learning

Summary of Research
 
 

Streamwood Community Project

Stories About Involving Parents and Communities
Photo Tour of the Village or Streamwood
Through Tillie's Eyes
Streamwood Historical Society
Oral Histories: Interviewing and Writing Unit
See the USA Through the Eyes of 5th Graders
 
 

WebQuest Workshop

WebQuest Format

A Webquest is a structured, Internet-based unit in which students are: 

  • given a scenario
  • given a task in which students must take information and transform it to make a product
  • given steps (a process) to follow using higher level thinking skills to help produce the product
  • given hints to sources of information
  • given the rubric they will be evaluated by
Why WebQuests?

The Basic Form of WebQuests

Evaluating WebQuest Products: Rubrics

Finding WebQuests

A Source of Thousands of WebQuests

Using Google      +webquest +keyword

Hints on Doing an Internet Based Unit

IL-TCE February 27, 2003 PowerPoint Presentation "Nuts & Bolts: Meaningful Classroom Integration of Information Technology   or try here.
 
 
 

Copyright 2003 Richard Levine and Cool Lessons Consulting
Designed for Heritage Elementary School, Streamwood Illinois (District U-46) staff development workshops, Spring 2003.
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