Wow Your Students With
Active Learning!!!
Develop an activity that guides
your students to apply their knowledge
A Presentation by Matthew Durant
Question | Tasks | Background Information | Resources | Activity | Revisit Question
Can you develop an activity that gets your students to apply their knowledge to constructively solve authentic problems?
Introduction
Review what makes a good lesson.Develop an activity for your webquest
Background Information
The culminating activity of a Webquest is a great way to get kids to apply their knowledge to constructively solve authentic problems. The activity of a Webquest can be an online activity that the teacher has created or an offline activity. Just like regular classroom activities, the Webquest activities come in a range of forms. Some of these are: a PowerPoint Presentation; e-mailing an expert in the field; students create their own web pages; a hands-on science experiment; putting on a historical play; using manipulatives to solve a problem in math; or writing a poem. Again, the key is to get kids to apply their knowledge to constructively solve authentic problems.
As a classroom teacher, your goal will be to develop an activity that best fits your student's various needs and learning styles while getting them to apply all the knowledge that they have gained so far. I am a big fan of using collaborative groups to get kids working together to collectively solve their problem. I also find that my students get more excited and learn more from hands-on lessons. I also try to create lessons that meet the needs of my students various learning styles (multiple intelligences) by having them work in different settings (some computer time, some book research, some hands-on lessons...) and play different roles or conduct different jobs to help the group. Finally, have fun with the activity of your Webquest.
This is where all the hard work that students have put into learning so far can really be pulled together. The right activity can get students excited about learning, really solidify what they have learned so far, and get kids to apply their knowledge and thinking at a higher level.
Active Learning Resources
Active and Engaged Learning
Active Learning on the Web
What is Constructivism?
Project Based Learning: At a Glance
Constructivism and the Five E's
Active Learning Practices For Schools
Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom
Tapping into Multiple Intelligences
Inquiry-based Learning
Constructivism in Teacher Education: Considerations for Those Who Would Link Practice to Theory
Using WebQuests for Constructivist Learning
Barbara Neureither, science teacher at Holt High School in Holt, Michigan, explains how students need to be active learners (94K). (Needs Real Audio)
Student Guide of Activities
How I Engage Students!
WebQuest Design Patterns
Collaborative Learning Resources
What Is the Collaborative Classroom?
Cooperative and Collaborative Learning
Cooperative Learning
Building a Collaborative Web Project
Constructivist Teaching and Learning Models
Providing Hands-On, Minds-On, and Authentic Learning Experiences in Science
- View the Activity at the Ancient Egypt Webquest: Mission 2 (Code Name: Mummy) to get a good example of an activity.
- Delve into several of the readings on active learning and collaborative learning above.
- Review our brainstorming on what makes a great lesson plan.
- Create your own activity for your webquest.
Revisit the Question
Can you develop an activity that gets your students to apply their knowledge to constructively solve authentic problems?
Question | Background Information | Webquest Resources | Activity | Revisit the Question
Created: March 20, 2001
Updated: June 11, 2006
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