Agenda

Scavenger Hunt Workshop

Time: 2:45-4:00 pm Tuesday, March 18, 2003

2:45-4:00 pm Thursday, March 20, 2003

Location: School Library

Introduction: 2:45-3:00 (March 18)

Welcome to Creating Exciting Scavenger Hunts! During this workshop, you will develop a Scavenger Hunt and understand its use as an instructional tool. You will also learn to create a webpage for your Scavenger Hunt by using a template in Netscape Composer.

Scavenger Hunts are great tools to teach and/or reinforce state objectives, Internet navigation skills, research skills, and computer skills. You will select a state objective and develop a series of questions with links to websites that contain the answers. After finding the correct answer, students can copy and paste the correct answer into the Scavenger Hunt.

Exploration: 3:00-3:30 pm. (March 18)

Before we begin, lets look at a variety of Scavenger Hunts created by North Carolina teachers. (Bookmark any sites that might be useful during the workshop.) Click on the links below:

Using Scavenger Hunts- How to use Scavenger hunts, Scavenger hunt template, samples

http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Scavenger.html

Iredell-Statesville Schools
Select "Endangered and Threatened North Carolina Wildlife" from the link below www.iss.k12.nc.us/schools/scavenger/summer.html

Cindy O'Hara
National Parks A-Z Internet Scavenger Hunt
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/natparks.html

Scavenger Hunts K-3 http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/shunts.htm

Preparation: 3:30-4:00 pm (March 18)

Now that you have experienced Scavenger Hunts, lets begin to think of a topic/objective from your Standard Course of Study. Click on Arizona Standards for AZ State Standards and Objectives. Copy and paste into a Word Document your choice of Standard/Objective to work with today. Also look at Technology Standards/Objectives that you will include in your Scavenger Hunt. Save this Word File in your file on the desktop.

As we begin to plan our Scavenger Hunt, the questions we develop become extremely important. Not only do the questions need to cover our material, but also they need to be designed to include different levels of learning. Two items to consider include: Bloom's Taxonomy and the Learner Action Verb list from Barbara Benson. (See handout)

Access Employability Skills and look at the verbs used and the task assigned. More than one level of learning is used, beginning with the simple recall moving toward HOTS. The skills also reinforced include manipulating databases of information, learning to research, and drawing conclusions.

Second Session: Thursday March 20, 2003

Creating the Hunt: 2:45-4:00 pm

Click on Scavenger Hunt for the template we will use. Structure your Scavenger Hunt based on the state standards, technology standards, and the age level of your audience. Also, use at least three different websites on your Scavenger Hunt.