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Think Filamentality

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What is Filamentality?

Filamentality is an interactive, fill-in-the-blank tool that

guides you through picking a topic;

searching the Internet;

gathering good Internet links;

turning them into online learning activities;

part of the Knowledge Network Explorer (KNE) website.

Activity Formats

Hotlist (Begin Exploration) - After finding and categorizing sites, the teacher publishes them on a Web page. The Hotlist is the basic building block for the other activity formats.

Supplements traditional teaching materials.

Avoids students wasting time surfing the Net

More efficient than handing out lists of sites or sharing bookmarks

Easily updated and can be modified to fit students' ability and interests

Eliminates unnecessary photocopying of materials

Example: Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher

Multimedia Scrapbook (Download Media) - Collect varied Internet sites and organize them into categories such as photos, maps, quotations, facts, stories, audio clips, video clips, etc. Useful when students already have acquired some knowledge on the topic being studied. Students then pick and choose from the resources, and incorporate them into a project such as a report, newsletter, Web page, slide presentation, etc.

Student centered activity

Students choose an aspect of the topic that personally interests them

Enables students to create more interesting reports and presentations

Students have the opportunity to make use of multimedia tools

Example: A Soccer Scrapbook

Subject Sampler (Connect Affectively) - Teacher finds five or six Web sites on the chosen topic that contain a hands-on element, something to do or listen to or look at. The sites are varied to appeal to a wide range of students. Students are asked to choose one or two sites that most interest them and to interact with them from a personal point of view. Useful to engage many different types of learners

Encourages students to "buy in" to the topic being studied.

Lets students choose resources depending on individual interests and learning style

Triggers an affective interest in the topic to be studied.

Example: My China

Treasure Hunt (Build Knowledge) - Teacher selects ten to fifteen Web sites and designs a question to be answered from each site. The sites and questions guide students to study critical aspects of a topic. Students can then be asked to synthesize what they learn in order to answer a "big question" posed at the end of the Treasure Hunt. Useful to help students learn hard facts about a topic or area of study and to see a bigger picture.

Encourages reading for a specific purpose

Fosters sharing and consensus building among student groups

Asks students to infer and draw conclusions

Examples: Black History Past to Present

WebQuest (Problem Solve) - Using controversial, often current issues, students go beyond fact finding and get deeper into a problematic topic in order to analyze its components and suggest a solution. Prior to dividing into groups, students all learn basic background information about the topic. The teacher collects Web sites and categorizes them according to particular roles, tasks or perspectives. Within small groups, individuals or pairs of students are charged with becoming "experts" on one aspect of the problem by reading and understanding the Web resources for their particular role. When the students come together, they jigsaw in order to share, evaluate and synthesize the information they have read. After that, students complete a real-world activity such as e-mailing congressional representatives or presenting their interpretation to experts on the topic. Useful for helping students get beyond simplistic solutions to complex problems.

Provides up-to-date resources from a variety of perspectives on complex issues

Encourages reading for comprehension and evaluation (critical reading skills)

Requires sharing of information and synthesizing materials from divergent viewpoints

Helps students see that reasonable people differ over solutions to complex problems

Process encourages respect for others' viewpoints

Facilitates written work through which students take a stand and attempt to persuade with a real-world audience

Example: Weather Mania: A 2nd grade Webquest on Weather; First Ladies of the White House

Six Paths to China

Six activities created as models for ways to integrate the World Wide Web into classroom learning. China was chosen as a topic because it exemplifies the kind of thinking the Web is great at fostering.