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DMET 510 –Webquest Project Planning 1

Project: Webquest PLANNING SHEET - LinkedIn

Introduction Essential Question: How can LinkedIn help you professionally? Task Students will create LinkedIn accounts, develop their profiles, research and join groups, research and pick companies and schools to follow, and explore job opportunities for fields they are interested in. Students will present their LinkedIn profiles and what they accomplished on LinkedIn at the conclusion of this webquest. Assessments

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Process – Students will work independently on this project. Steps (approximate) Day 1: Students will create LinkedIn accounts and develop their profiles. Day 2: Students will research different groups and LinkedIn and join at least three groups. Students will have to choose one group they joined to discuss in their presentations at the end of the webquest. Day 3: Students will research different companies they are interested in and follow at least three companies. Companies do not have to be in the job fields students are interested in. Students will have to choose one company they followed to discuss in their presentations at the end of the webquest. Day 4: Students will research different schools they are interested in and follow at least three schools. Schools should be colleges or technical schools students are interested in possible attending after high school. Students will have to choose one school they followed to discuss in their presentations at the end of the webquest. Day 5: Students will explore job opportunities in fields they are interested in. Students will have to choose one job they find to discuss in their presentations at the end of the webquest. Students will begin to work on their presentations Day 6: Students will continue to work on their presentations. Student presentations will begin by the end of the class period. Days 7 and 8: Student presentations on LinkedIn.

Resources https://www.linkedin.com/

Teacher Page:

You will have a teacher/instructor page where you add some information for the teacher/instructor. You will need the following on your teacher/instructor page. Please write about each category.

Essential Question: How can LinkedIn help you professionally? Learners:

o The learners are in 11th/12th grade. This webquest is for a high school career class. Learners are of mixed ethnicity, race, learning styles, and learning abilities. Two learners in the class have ADHD and one student is Gifted.

o A common misconception about LinkedIn is that its main use is for finding and

applying for jobs and most people who use it are ready to start a career.

o Students know how to create online accounts and search for things on the web.

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Goals: o Students will know the importance of LinkedIn and how it can help

them professionally. o Students will know how to utilize the tools and features of LinkedIn.

Objectives:

o Students will create a LinkedIn profile by completing 95% of the profile sections.

o Students will join at least three groups on LinkedIn and discuss one of them.

o Students will follow at least three companies on LinkedIn and discuss one of them.

o Students will follow at least three schools on LinkedIn and discuss one of them.

o Students will search for job opportunities on LinkedIn and discuss one of them.

o Students will give a presentation about LinkedIn and fulfill 95% of the presentation rubric requirements.

Time and Organization:

It should take 5 to 6 days to complete the webquest and two days for student presentations, so a total of 8 days. The learners will complete the webquest and presentations individually.

Justification

You are going to justify why and how you are creating the Webquest. Remember it you justify it, you are more likely able to do it.

Habits of Mind –

o Two Habits of the Mind and quotes for each one.

Questioning and Posing Problems:

"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning."

William Arthur Ward

Gather Data Through All Senses:

“It's not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.“

Henry David Thoraeu

Questioning and posing problems and gather data through all senses are two habits of

the mind that will help me create this webquest and help learners complete this webquest. The quote “Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning” applies to the thinking students

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will use to reach the objectives because this webquest requires students to research job opportunities, schools, companies, and groups on LinkedIn. It is important that students keep and open mind and research things that they are interested in or curious about. The quote “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see” applies to the thinking students will use to reach the objectives because it is important that they really pay attention to the things they research. For example, students should read the group description before joining a group and not just join a group because they like the name.

Resource: http://www.habitsofmindinternational.com/store/Resources.html

Differentiated Instruction Webquests help differentiate instruction because students are able to work more on their own pace. Students can work at all different paces as they move through webquests. The differentiation will help the two students who have ADHD and the one student who is Gifted. The students with ADHD can take small breaks while working when they start to lose focus. The Gifted student can work ahead in the webquest. Webquest Research Why use a webquest? Look at the research that you and others added to the Webquest Research Document in Google Docs to help you. Remember to reference your sources. Webquests are great for collaborate and group work. Using webquests is also a great way to differentiate instruction because students can work at different paces. Webquests can be used to apply concepts in real world situations and problems as well as explore real world issues. Resource: “WebQuests, Wikis, and Wilderness” by Larry Beck

Technology

What technology will use be using to create your webquest?

http://zunal.com or http://createwebquest.com