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Check out these Internet integration activity formats developed by Tom March and Bernie Dodge at http://www.ozline.com/learning/theory.html

Internet Integration Activity Formats

Topic Hotlist:
A collection of sites that you find most useful/interesting/peculiar on your topic posted on a Webpage for easy student access.  To be used in conjunction with a specific unit of study (that you may already have prepared).  This could also be a student-developed list.

Example Topic Hotlist - China on the Net
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/hotlist.html

Multimedia Scrapbook:
Essentially a hotlist containing links to a variety of media and content types (photographs, maps, stories, facts, quotations, sound clips, videos, virtual reality tours, etc.) that learners explore and use for download into their own presentations. 

Example Multimedia Scrapbook -  Exploring China
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/scrapbook.html  

Treasure Hunt/Scavenger Hunt:
Used when the goal is to develop solid knowledge about a particular subject.  Find Web pages that hold information (text, graphic, sound, video, etc.) that you feel is essential to understanding the given topic.  Pose one key question for each link (10-15).  Include a culminating Big Question so students can synthesize what they have learned.

Example Treasure Hunt – Black History Past to Present
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hunt_quiz.html  

Subject Sampler:
Learners are presented with a smaller number (half dozen) of intriguing Web sites organized around a main topic.  Choose sites that offer something interesting to do, read, or see.  In this case, students are asked to respond to the Web-based activities from a personal perspective, rather than gathering hard knowledge.

Example Subject Sampler - My China
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/sampler.html  

WebQuest:
An inquiry activity that presents groups of students with a challenging task, provides access to an abundance of (usually) online resources and scaffolds the learning process to prompt higher order thinking.  Current events, controversial social and environmental topics or scientific hypothesizing work well with this format.

Example WebQuests

Tuskegee Tragedy
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/tuskegee_quest.html

The Big Wide World
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bww

Little Rock 9, Integration 0
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/little_rock

For a more detailed description of these activity formats visit:
http://www.ozline.com/learning/theory.html

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/%7Edlyoung/menu4.html#types