Introduction
You have been chosen to be part of the Technology Geek Squad. Your squad has been called by the National Technology Geek Squad Headquarters. There has been a severe creative teaching website takeover! Grab your laptops, Ipads, and phones and report immediately to technology lab! Be prepared to be blown away by tech savy adventure, exploring technology websites in a surprising way.
Objectives:
Teachers will be able to effectively use the technology in the webquest in their classroom.
Task
As part of the Geek Squad, you need to record on your technology website checklist worksheet about your website experiences. You will be looking at websites that are embedded into the webquest. Checking off which websites you liked and then at the very end of the webquest you will share the websites you liked and why you liked them. Grab your paper and pencil, and get set for your adventure!
Let’s get Exploring!
Process
Check out these websites! Step 1: Click on the link and it will take you on an adventure of fun resources!
- http://www.wilbooks.com/free-resources/free-online-books/
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- http://www.timeforkids.com//
- http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/
- http://en.childrenslibrary.org
- www.readwritethink.org
- www.readingrockets.org
- www.readworks.org
- www.fcrr.org/
Step 2: Write down Why these were your favorite websites?
Evaluation
The National Geek Squad Headquarters will be checking your checklist at the end of your journey.
Make sure to do a check!
Step 1: You completed the checklist of websites.
Step 2: You wrote down why they were your favorites? on the worksheet
Step 3: On the whiteboard, write down other websites you have used in your classroom that are not listed on the Technology Resource handout.
Conclusion
Get ready to be blown away by a wild game on one of these websites!
HAVE FUN!
Credits
Websites were compiled by Heather Shaffer and Kristen Ciaccia
Teacher Page
Dear Educators,
I hope you found this webquest useful in exploring some new website resources to use in the classroom. If you have any questions feel free to see Heather Shaffer or Kristen Ciaccia