1)What is a social network?
Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision, if you will.
Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online.
This is because unlike most high schools, colleges, or workplaces, the internet is filled with millions of individuals who are looking to meet other people, to gather and share first-hand information and experiences about cooking, golfing, gardening, developing friendships or professional alliances, finding employment, business-to-business marketing and even groups sharing information.
2)Which are the most common networks around the world?
Myspace,Facebook,Twitter
3)What are they used for?
To gather and share first-hand information and experiences about cooking, golfing, gardening, developing friendships or professional alliances, finding employment, business-to-business marketing and even groups sharing information.
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Tuesday 10 May 2011
WEBQUESTS
What is a WebQuest?
Search for the word "WebQuest" in any search engine, and you soon discover thousands of online lessons created by teachers around the world. What is a WebQuest? A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented online tool for learning, says workshop expert Bernie Dodge 1. This means it is a classroom-based lesson in which most or all of the information that students explore and evaluate comes from the World Wide Web. Beyond that, WebQuests:
* can be as short as a single class period or as long as a month-long unit;
* usually (though not always) involve group work, with division of labor among students who take on specific roles or perspectives;
* are built around resources that are preselected by the teacher. Students spend their time USING information, not LOOKING for it.
How to create a Webquest?
Creating a WebQuest can be very simple. As long as you can create a document with hyperlinks, you can create a WebQuest. That means that a WebQuest can be created in Word, Powerpoint, and even Excel! If you're going to call it a WebQuest, though, be sure that it has all the critical attributes.
A real WebQuest....
* is wrapped around a doable and interesting task that is ideally a scaled down version of things that adults do as citizens or workers.
* requires higher level thinking, not simply summarizing. This includes synthesis, analysis, problem-solving, creativity and judgment.
* makes good use of the web. A WebQuest that isn't based on real resources from the web is probably just a traditional lesson in disguise. (Of course, books and other media can be used within a WebQuest, but if the web isn't at the heart of the lesson, it's not a WebQuest.)
* isn't a research report or a step-by-step science or math procedure. Having learners simply distilling web sites and making a presentation about them isn't enough.
* isn't just a series of web-based experiences. Having learners go look at this page, then go play this game, then go here and turn your name into hieroglyphs doesn't require higher level thinking skills and so, by definition, isn't a WebQuest.
Search for the word "WebQuest" in any search engine, and you soon discover thousands of online lessons created by teachers around the world. What is a WebQuest? A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented online tool for learning, says workshop expert Bernie Dodge 1. This means it is a classroom-based lesson in which most or all of the information that students explore and evaluate comes from the World Wide Web. Beyond that, WebQuests:
* can be as short as a single class period or as long as a month-long unit;
* usually (though not always) involve group work, with division of labor among students who take on specific roles or perspectives;
* are built around resources that are preselected by the teacher. Students spend their time USING information, not LOOKING for it.
How to create a Webquest?
Creating a WebQuest can be very simple. As long as you can create a document with hyperlinks, you can create a WebQuest. That means that a WebQuest can be created in Word, Powerpoint, and even Excel! If you're going to call it a WebQuest, though, be sure that it has all the critical attributes.
A real WebQuest....
* is wrapped around a doable and interesting task that is ideally a scaled down version of things that adults do as citizens or workers.
* requires higher level thinking, not simply summarizing. This includes synthesis, analysis, problem-solving, creativity and judgment.
* makes good use of the web. A WebQuest that isn't based on real resources from the web is probably just a traditional lesson in disguise. (Of course, books and other media can be used within a WebQuest, but if the web isn't at the heart of the lesson, it's not a WebQuest.)
* isn't a research report or a step-by-step science or math procedure. Having learners simply distilling web sites and making a presentation about them isn't enough.
* isn't just a series of web-based experiences. Having learners go look at this page, then go play this game, then go here and turn your name into hieroglyphs doesn't require higher level thinking skills and so, by definition, isn't a WebQuest.
Webquest
What is it?
A Webquest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented with videoconferencing.
How to make one?
Webquests may be created by anyone.These can be created using various programs, including a simple word processing document that includes links to websites. The first part of a Webquest is the introduction. This describes the WebQuest and gives the purpose of the activity. The next part describes what students will do. Then is a list of what to do and how to do it. There is usually a list of links to follow to complete the activity.
A Webquest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented with videoconferencing.
How to make one?
Webquests may be created by anyone.These can be created using various programs, including a simple word processing document that includes links to websites. The first part of a Webquest is the introduction. This describes the WebQuest and gives the purpose of the activity. The next part describes what students will do. Then is a list of what to do and how to do it. There is usually a list of links to follow to complete the activity.
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