Module 3: Arts curriculum

M3 Task 6 - Preplanning for your own Track

Before attempting to create your own Track, read the relevant section on Preplanning Your Track (http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/help/tutorial/preplan.jsp). Now follow these steps.

1. Open a Word document. It is a good idea to use a Word document because you can save the information for later use.
2. Collect a range of web pages on a topic of interest to you and copy and paste the title of each web page and its URL into a Word document.
3. Spend some time developing some associated student activities for each of the web pages and list them under each title and URL.
4. Organise the sequence of your list of sites.
5. Create a name for your Track and a brief description of its purpose.
6. You are now ready to make your Track in TrackStar.

Here are some suggestions for creating your own Track (M3 Task 6 Suggestions).

You can print this form (M3 Task 6 Developing a curriculum outline) to help you place your ideas within a wider curriculum context.

Here is an example of developing a curriculum outline for a Track (M3 Task 6 Example of developing a curriculum outline) to use as a model.

In Preplanning Your Track (http://trackstar.hprtec.org/preplan.html), you can create your own web pages using Web Worksheet Wizard (or students can use Project Poster) to include in your Track. You will find these options at the bottom of the page.

M3 Task 7 - Making your own Track

As you will be developing a real TrackStar, make sure you read all the following instructions carefully before you start.

Read through the information on Making a Track by selecting Tutorial from the home page and then selecting Making a Track (http://trackstar.hprtec.org/).

Look at the TrackStar News section on the home page (http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp) to check if there have been any updates to information.

Print out a step-by-step summary (M3 Task 7 Trackstar help) of the information on making a Track.

Complete the steps in Task 6.

Log in to Make or Edit a Track and register as a new user (http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp).

Write down the name, the email address and the password you entered.

Make a Track, using the information you gathered in Task 6. Cut and paste the information from your Word document. Windows users can switch between Word and TrackStar by using the taskbar or Alt-Tab. Macintosh users can do the same by using the dock or the Window menu.

When your Track is completed, bookmark the front page or note the Track ID of the Track so that you can easily go back and edit it if you wish.

M3 Task 8 - Preplanning for your own WebQuest

WebQuests require careful planning. Look at Tom March's description of the process in The WebQuest Design Process (http://tommarch.com/writings/wq_design.php). Click on the diagram for some ideas. Consider the possibilities of collaborating with others to develop your WebQuest.

Read, and print out if you wish the step-by-step summary of the process (M3 Task 8 Summary).

Once you have decided on a topic and have prepared an outline of your WebQuest, locate the required resources from the Internet, print publications, multimedia products or other resources.

If you are stuck for a topic, you might think about some of the following:

• Is an art gallery the best place for art?
• Can you tell from the past what art will look like in the future?
• How is Australian culture represented through the arts?
• Can you design an activity that teaches art and maths?
• How can the work of other artists be used to develop your photographic eye?
• Is it okay to copy other artists?
• What does a dragon really look like?
  

Or, look at the Matrix of Examples: Art & Music WebQuests (http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html).

You can print this form (M3 Task 8 Preplanning proforma) to help you plan a WebQuest for your curriculum.

Take a look at this document (M3 Task 8 Preplanning example) if you would like to see an example of a completed preplanning form.

M3 Task 9 - Making your own WebQuest

Once you have planned your WebQuest you can then use Filamentality (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/) which, like TrackStar, guides you through the process of creating WebQuests online and automatically generates and stores your WebQuest without you having to know how to create web pages. Linda Hyman, Tom March and Jodi Reed, the Application Design Team of the Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer developed Filamentality.

Take a tour of the Filamentality process (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/tour.html) before you create your own WebQuest. Click on the links provided to have a good look around.

You can print out a summary (M3 Task 9 Filamentality Help) of this information to help you work through making your WebQuest in Filamentality

Bookmark or make a note of the URL of your completed WebQuest for future reference. Without your name and password you will not be able to go back in and edit your WebQuest, so write down your password and keep it in a secure place.

Filamentality is a free service. If you do not rebuild the WebQuest within twelve months, it will become inactive.