SearchWeb Tools in the Classroom
There are many learner-based activities using the Web Tools. Activities can be easily duplicated or adapted and demonstrate how learners can easily use each Web Tool to support:
- Learning, discovering, and building new knowledge
- Researching and collaborating with peers
- Creating final projects and tasks to present in classes
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Audio-Recording OnlineGiving Instructions to a Patient
An activity creating an audio-recording to give medical instructions to someone else, similar to being on the telephone. The focus is to speak clearly and concisely with emphasis on pronunciation.
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Audio-Recording OnlineRecord a Summary about the Job
An activity that utilizes www.audiopal.com to create an audio-recording talking about an article summary. The objective of the audio-recording is to encourage learners to speak clearly and concisely about the job of a “roughneck“.
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Audio-Recording OnlineReviewing Medical Vocabulary
An activity that utilizes www.audiopal.com to create an audio-recording to list medical vocabulary. The objective of the activity is to speak clearly with accurate pronunciation when making the audio-recording.
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Audio-Recording OnlineSpeaking about an Engineering Problem
An activity that utilizes www.audiopal.com to describe an engineering problem and then give a suggested solution. The focus of the activity is to use the tool so that learners are encouraged to speak clearly and concisely about a problem and its solution.
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Audio-Recording OnlineUsing Audiopal to Gain More Information
An activity creating an audio-recording to pose questions and provide answers regarding the job of a roughneck. The focus is to speak clearly and concisely when asking questions and then to provide answers to a partner.
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BloggingAlberta Oil Sands Blog
An activity that utilizes both reading of blogs as well as writing in one's own blog. Skills focussed on include summarizing and paraphrasing readings for the purpose of writing about Alberta oil sands.
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BloggingJoining a Professional Blog
An activity that encourages learners to join a professional engineering blog, read blog entries, followed with reflective writing in one's own blog.
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BloggingReflective Writing in Blogs
An activity utilizing www.blogger.com to facilitate health related writing that is reflective in nature. Learners respond in writing, incorporating new vocabulary and concepts.
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Brainstorming OnlineBig Think - Medical Break-throughs
An introductory activity that utilizes www.wallwisher.com to brainstorm vocabulary or a new concept online after viewing a video related to medical breakthroughs.
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Brainstorming OnlineBrainstorming and Debates
A warm-up activity that utilizes www.wallwisher.com to brainstorm by posting about engineering and environmental related issues. The activity forms a basis for follow up group discussions and possibly a debate.
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Brainstorming OnlineBrainstorming Online
An activity utilizing www.wallwisher.com to brainstorm online with a focus on debate.
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Brainstorming OnlineCreative Brainstorming for Engineering
An introductory activity that utilizes www.wallwisher.com to brainstorm online with the intent to share internet links related to bridges, engineering and environmental related issues.
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Broadcasting OnlineCommunication Problems in Nursing
An activity that utilizes on-line videos, such as those on www.vimeo.com in order to research nursing problems and then to create class screencasts or videos to be possibly posted on the Vimeo website.
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Broadcasting OnlineNursing Videos
An activity utilizing www.vimeo.com that has a bank of videos posted on the topic of nursing. These can be used for viewing, vocabulary development, learning content, etc.
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Broadcasting OnlineSafety Concerns and Language
An activity utilizing www.vimeo.com where learners can share video resources they have created regarding safety in the workplace.
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ChattingChatting Online
An activity utilizing www.zopim.com which is a "chat" widget that can be used to provide feedback immediately to a learner's questions and comments in the computer lab or at any computer if logged on.
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Creating Online PresentationsExploring Job Safety
An activity using www.prezi.com to create a presentation discussing job tasks, procedures, hazards, potential problems found in the oil and gas sector. Typically this would a major project, usually a final project for the course.
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Creating Online PresentationsNegotiating Skills
An activity utilizing www.prezi.com to create a presentation where engineers are negotiating a situation (using negotiation gambits).
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Creating Online PresentationsNegotiations and Conflicts Presentations
An activity that utilizes www.prezi.com to create a presentation talking about how engineers use negotiation in workplace conflicts.
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Creating Online PresentationsProfessional Interaction
An activity that uses www.prezi.com to create a class presentation about interactions in the hospital between health professionals. Learners will work in groups to achieve this.
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Creating Online PresentationsReading Patient Files
An activity that uses www.prezi.com to create a presentation showing the process to giving patient information to others. Learners will determine the profile of their patient, diagnosis and care plan as part of the activity.
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Creating MindmapsMindmap About Persuasion Topic
An activity that utilizes Text2mindmap.com to create a mind-map with the intention to clarify expectations around the topic of “how to persuade others”.
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Creating MindmapsSafety Concerns - Vocabulary
An activity that utilizes Text2Mindmap.com in order to initiate discussion around safety. It is intended as an introduction to a lesson.
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Generating Word CloudsPredictions, Word Clouds and Nursing Conflict
An activity that uses word clouds (Wordle.net) for the purpose of using the vocabulary as a prediction of what the reading will be about (pre-reading technique).
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Generating Word CloudsSummarizing a Reading in Oil and Gas
An activity that creates a word cloud (Wordle.net) for the purpose of using the vocabulary in the word cloud to write a summary about the oil/ gas reading.
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Generating Word CloudsUsing Research in Nursing to Produce Vocabulary
An activity that creates word clouds (Wordle.net) for the purpose of using the vocabulary from the research. The goal is to increase knowledge of content information and vocabulary development as a result of research.
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Generating Word CloudsUsing Word Clouds to Write Summaries
An activity that creates a word cloud (www.wordle.net) for the purpose of using the vocabulary in the word cloud to write a summary.
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Generating Word CloudsUsing Word Clouds for Public Speaking
An activity that uses word clouds (Wordle.net) for the purpose of using the vocabulary as a prediction of what the reading will be about (pre-reading technique).
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PodcastingDebating Environmental Concerns
An activity that utilizes a podcasting channel to store podcasts created by the class using debates about environmental concerns in the oil sector. The debates are audio-recorded and stored on the podcasting channel so that future classes can access them.
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PodcastingEnvironmental Concerns in Oil Sector
An activity that utilizes listening to podcasts as well as creating podcasts about environmental concerns in the oil sector.
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PodcastingNursing Issues
An activity that uses listening to podcasts for content learning and followed with creation of a group podcast presenting a summary.
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PodcastingTalking about Delicate Issues
An activity that utilizes podcasting to store screencasts created to talk about delicate nursing issues such as working in palliative care or supporting the bereaved.
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Polling OnlinePolling before Starting a Project
An introductory activity that utilizes Flisti.com to create short polls about opinions or knowledge of a subject area. This would generally occur before a class project is started.
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Polling OnlinePre-Lesson Perspective
An introductory activity that utilizes Flisti.com to poll or survey online with the intent to check on learner knowledge before the lesson.
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Producing Online QuizzesFocus on Content Vocabulary - Proposals
An activity utilizing Quizlet.com to create vocabulary flashcards to learn and review subject terminology.
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Producing Online QuizzesOil Derrick Materials Vocabulary
An activity that utilizes Quizlet.com to produce medical vocabulary list with the intent of improving spelling.
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Producing Online QuizzesReviewing Subject Related Vocabulary
An activity utilizing Quizlet.com to create vocabulary flashcards to learn and review bridge terminology.
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Producing Online QuizzesSpelling Medical Flashcards
An activity that utilizes www.quizlet.com to produce medical vocabulary list with the intent of improving spelling.
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ScreencastingCreating A Health-Related 'How To'
An activity that utilizes Screencast-O-Matic.com (SOM) in order to make a screencast using an image or whatever on-line to facilitate ease in making medical explanations.
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ScreencastingExplaining a Flowchart
An activity that utilizes Screencast-O-Matic.com (SOM) in order to make a screencast using an image to facilitate explanation of a flowchart.
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ScreencastingExplain a 'How to' Related to Engineering
An activity that utilizes Screencast-O-Matic.com (SOM) in order to make a screencast using a PowerPoint Presentation about an engineering related topic such as how oil is refined.
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ScreencastingFocus on Technical Writing
An activity that utilizes Screencast-O-Matic.com (SOM) in order to make a screencast that explains the steps in writing a progress report.
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Social BookmarkingBookmarking Nursing Research
An activity that utilizes Diigo.com to research, tag, and categorize blogs that will be used to create a class list of blogs.
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Social BookmarkingResearch Best Engineer Sites
An activity that utilizes social bookmarking (Diigo.com) to research and add descriptions in order to track the most useful Canadian engineering websites.
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Social BookmarkingStudying for Nursing Exams
An activity that utilizes social bookmarking (Diigo.com) to research, add descriptions in order to find the best sites for studying for nursing exams.
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Storing Files OnlineSharing Work Online
An activity using file storage to facilitate producing a collaborative group engineering report on the topic of building tunnels.
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Using Cloud Folders (Images)Nursing Images and Vocabulary
An activity utilizing Flickr.com to search for photos, place them in Dropbox.com, compare them, generate related vocabulary and use vocabulary to summarize photo ideas.
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Using Cloud Folders (Images)Photos and Emotional Responses
An activity that uses Flickr.com to facilitate search for images and then the follow-up discussion around emotional responses to the same.
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Using Cloud Folders (Images)Using Photos to Compare Nursing Through the Years
An activity that uses Flickr.com to search for nursing images (see groups), to store them on Dropbox.com, compare the images and compare.
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Using Cloud Folders (Images)Building Bridges in Engineering
An activity that utilizes Flickr.com to find images and Dropbox.com to share images that can be used to develop vocabulary and further discussion.
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Using Discussions (Multimedia)An Engineering Disaster
An activity that utilizes Voicethread.com (group audio blog) to facilitate and document on-line discussion about the engineer disaster in Haiti.
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Using Discussions (Multimedia)How to Use a Glucose Meter
An activity that utilizes Voicethread.com (group audio blog) to facilitate on-line instructions on how to use a glucose meter. The focus of the activity is to increase vocabulary as well as on how to give instructions.
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Using Discussions (Multimedia)Pipeline Reactions
An activity that utilizes Voicethread.com (group audio blog) to facilitate and document on-line discussion and reactions to reading a newspaper article.
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Using Discussions (Multimedia)Women in Engineering
An activity that utilizes Voicethread.com (group audio blog) to facilitate and document on-line discussion around women in the engineering field after reading a related blog and viewing a video.
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Using Discussions (Text)Opinions and Biases
An activity that uses Nicenet.org, a tool with an option where learners can chat on-line discussing opinions about readings about oil and gas in Alberta.
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Using Discussions (Text)Engineering Problems
An activity that uses Nicenet.org in order for learners to use the on-line discussion features. Learners are requested to examine an engineering project to define project parameters and challenges.
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Using Online SurveysBridges Unit Survey
An activity using Fluidsurveys.com where learners can survey classmates as to their knowledge of facts related to bridges (to evaluate learner comprehension of the material).
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Using Online SurveysNegotiation Knowledge Survey
An activity using Fluidsurveys.com where learners can survey classmates as to their knowledge of facts related to workplace negotiations (to evaluate learner comprehension of the material).
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Using RSS FeedsEnvironmental Issues - Global Warming
An activity using RSS feeds to keep current in one's profession. RSS Feeds assist learners to organize and streamline the abundance of engineering content on the web.
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Using RSS FeedsKeeping Current in Your Profession
An activity using RSS feeds to keep current in one's profession. RSS Feeds assist learners to organize and streamline the abundance of engineering content on the web.
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Using WikisConcept Introduction
An activity using a Wiki to introduce a new engineering concept for class. Reading the information found in a wiki before class can save much class time.
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Using WikisLesson Summaries - Healthcare and OHS
An activity using Wiki in order for learners to summarize nursing information to be used as review and study materials.
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Using WikisThe Continuing Story
A collaborative activity in which students work towards achieving the outcome of describing how an oil derrick works by adding individual sentences into a wiki as they learn new vocabulary.
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Using WikisUsing Wikipedia Resources
An activity using a Wiki to create a “continuing story” in which your class adds one sentence each using new vocabulary words to describe how oil drilling works, as collaboration with the entire class
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Video-conferencingCommunication Needs in Nursing
An activity that utilizes Skype where ESL learners interview nurse professionals in order to gain information around “communication in nursing”.
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Video-conferencingHolding a Meeting Using Skype
An activity that utilizes Skype so that students will gain skills in holding a meeting.
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Video-conferencingInterviewing an Internationally Educated Engineer
An activity that utilizes Skype to interview an Internationally Educated Engineer to gain information about how to find a job in the Canadian engineering field.
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