Teacher's Page

    The Communications WebQuest LISTEN was created to assist fourth grade teachers in teaching students to work independently in small groups using technology.  This Quest provides the student several opportunities to increase language arts skills as listed on the  standards page.
    Increasing skills in the area of language arts will help to equip students with life long ability to gather information, to critique resources, to make meaningful decisions about content and purpose, and to effectively communicate both orally and in written form.
    A suggested rubrics Communications WebQuest Student Self is provided to assist teachers in grading progress of skills.  It is also suggested that teachers encourage students to use the rubrics throughout this project to evaluate their own progress in developing their timeline and oral presentation. 
    Teachers should encourage students to use the Communication Worksheet to help them in gather and organize their resources.
    Teacher ideas should be provided for students including resources found in the school media center* as well as videos of your choice that enhance information related to the invention and discovery of various types of communication in addition to the websites located in this Quest. 

*Suggested media center resources:
1.  Alexander Graham Bell: an inventive life. by Elizabeth McLead
2.  "Paper" through the ages.  by Shaaron Cosner
3.  A Day in the Life of a Colonial Printer  by Kathy Wilmore
4.  Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone  by Katherine Shippen

J Raney
Speech Pathologist
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