Transcript Filamentality - Fort Lewis College

Filamentality
Spinning Your
Own Web
Activity
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Presented by Sandy Turner
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Adapted from Filamentality
Presentation by Jodi Reed &
Tom March - Pacific Bell
Education First
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What you will learn today:
What
is Filamentality
Why you might use it
How to use it
How others are using it
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Some questions...
How
do I actually use the
Web in the classroom or
library?
How do I make Web pages
and post them on the
Internet?
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One possible answer...
Filamentality
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/
wired/fil
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What does Filamentality do?
Blends
your learning goals with the
many resources available on the
Web
guides you through the complete
instructional design process
lets you focus on instruction
instead of HTML and graphics
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Okay, Okay...
we’ll tell you in real English:
 provides
you with a web-activity
template that prompts you for Web site
info., titles, introductions, questions, etc.
 builds the Web page for you and posts it
on the Web
 provides online support that helps you
pick a topic, search, write good questions,
etc.
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Who is supposed to use it?
teachers
students
media
specialists/librarians
technology trainers for schools
Internet newbies
Web authors (for rapid prototyping)
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Hit me over the head
with it one more time!!!
 You
can create a Web-based learning
activity that targets a specific kind of
learning!
 You get to create Web pages without
knowing HTML!
 Your page is immediately posted on the
Internet (that’s right, you get your very
own www-dot-thingy)!
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The Filamentality Process:
start
with a topic
choose a format based on your
learning goal(s)
gather links
scaffold the links with instructions,
questions, etc.
see the “guided tour” once you are in Filamentality
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Filamentality Formats:
Hotlist
Treasure
Hunt
Sampler
Scrapbook
WebQuest
see guides for details
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How others are using
Filamentality...
Web
activities for students (check
out the Filamentality registry)
Training (see guide for Trainers)
Student-created and published
work
Collaborative activities
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So what’s the idea behind
the word “Filamentality”?
“Filaments”
are the fine individual
strands of a spider’s web.
“Mentality” is the brain’s thinking
capacity.
 So...”Filamentality” helps you spin
pieces of the Web into your own
Web-based learning activities.
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Before we begin “the spin”,
return to the tutorial:
 Use
the “Go” menu above and see if
you can go all the way back to the
Filamentality Module Intro page
(should be toward the bottom of the
menu)
 If you have lost the this page, go to the
following address:
http://scilnet.fortlewis.edu/edtech/Filament/default.htm
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