Filamentality

Internet Treasure Hunt Assignment

Link here to the California State Standards. Choose one or two standards for a grade level and subject of your choice.
Create a new page on your teacher web site or use the Filamentality Website to start your Treasure Hunt
Create 10 questions or activities that you want your students to answer or experience.
Find 5 wonderful web sites that will help your students uncover the learning that you are aiming for.
Use the Filamentality Website to go through the steps of "weaving" a Filamentality Hunt or create a nice looking activity right on your Google Sites web page. Here is a link to a sample hunt page created in Filamentality: Sample Student Lessons
Filamentality choice:
- Add the websites that you found, you can add more than you will use, and then just hide some later
- You should have a minimum of 10 questions (the student samples only have 5) in your Hunt. You can have 2 questions per website or have multiple questions from one web site, but have at least one question from each of your above 5 web sites. To do this use an A. and then B. before each question, but keep the questions in the same box. This will be more clear when I demonstrate.
- In your introduction list and state the standard that is being covered. Also, include something catchy to grab the students interest.
- Your Big Question should be directly related to the standard that you chose.
- Be sure to make a link to this activity in your Class web page.
Google Sites choice:
- If you choose to do this in Google Sites, be sure to look at the Sample Student Lessons and organize your page in the same way. You don't need to make the organizationa l(introduction,..)links within the page and you don't need to have such a complete footer to your page, these are done automatically in Filamentality
- You need to have, an introduction with the state standard and something catchy for your introduction, 10 questions, 5 linked web sites, and a big ideas questions at the end.

To turn in your assignment just copy the web address of your page into the submission area of WebCT

Here is where this type of activity might fit in with TPE 14

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:

a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.

b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.

c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.

d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.