Integrating Technology into the New Curriculum

Computer Integration Activities are various methods and practices that teachers can use to integrate the use of the Information and Communication Technologies into the curriculum. There are two popular models of integration activities, WebQuests and Treasure Hunts.

I. Integration Strategies

• Treasure/Scavenger Hunts - The teacher creates a series of questions based on a particular topic, and chooses sites where students can find answers. The purpose of a Treasure Hunt could be to enhance a topic in the curriculum, to reinforce facts or information, or to find information or material to complete an activity or a research project?
  1. Save the Pandas http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/treasure_hunt/misc99/pandath/default.html.html
  2. 1 2 3 Count With Me http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/sampler/fall99/count/default.html
  3. The Poetry Scavenger Hunt http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/poetry/poetryhunt.htm
  4. The Five Senses http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/senses.htm
  5. The Vikings http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/vikings/index.html
  6. The Hockey Quiz http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/hockeyquiz.htm
  7. The Case of the Mystery Matter http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/Matter/matter.htm

• Webquests - "an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by the student is drawn from the Web".
  1. Frightened Franklin in the Forest http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/spring2000/kerr3_242k/franklin/default.html
  2. Famous Canadians http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/famous_canadians
  3. Be a Web Site Sleuth http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqwagner/webqswagner.html
  4. Acid Rain Webquest http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/rainwq.htm
  5. Matrix of Example WebQuests http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html
  6. The WebQuest Directory http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/Schools/recit/wq022200.htm ~ maintained by Peter Bilodeau, Laurentian CEMIS Coordinator.

• Computer Integration Activites - adding technology to enhance present practices
  1. Preparing a Science Fair Project http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/sciwq.htm
  2. You be the Travel Agent http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/travelwq.htm
  3. Mon sport favori http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/sportwq/introduction.htm
  4. True Story of... http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/true_story.htm
  5. Down By the Bay ~ A Rhyming Activity for Primary Students. http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/bay/bay.htm
  6. The Great Plant Escape http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html
  7. QESN.CONNECTION http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/connection/navpage.htm
  8. Technology-Based Lesson Projects http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC570/EDTEC570Project-1-F00.html
  9. Triton and Patterns Project WebQuests http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/

II. How to download a template, and what to do with it:

1. Click on the link of the template that you wish to download - the template will open in your browser.
2. On the toolbar of your Internet browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator), select "File" / "Save as" and a "Save in" box will open.
3. Beside where it says "Save in" select the folder in which you wish to save the file.
4. Click on "Save", and the template will be saved to the folder that you specified.
5. Open your HTML editor ( Netscape Composer, Front Page Express etc.) and open the file that you just saved - remember that it is in the folder that you specified in step 3.

When the template opens in your HTML editor, you can make any additions or deletions that you wish to the page. When you are finished, save the page to your folder changing the name to something appropriate so that you don't erase the original template file.

III. Creating a Web Page - How to create a web page with Netscape Composer or FrontPage Express.

Netscape Composer http://wally.rit.edu/instruction/web/composer/index.html

FrontPage Express http://www.thecoo.edu/~iverson/fpetutorial/frontpage_express_tutorial.htm