The DanaQuest of Mr. Chase Greer and

his middle-school students

A DanaWireless Adventure

Brought to you by:

Simone Robertson

Sandy Johnson

Eric MeyersPaula

Wellings

Meet Mr. Chase Greer

Mr. Greer is on a mission. His 8th grade class must successfully create a research paper about a trip to Canada, using all Internet resources.

Can they do it?

Mr. Greer’s steps for creating a middle-school research paper:1. Select subject to research2. Create questions about

this subject3. Find sources that relate to

your subject4. Take notes on your

sources5. Organize your notes6. Write your research paper

Now let’s follow one of Mr. Greer’s 8th grade students, Trish Murphy, on a DanaQuest to Canada.

Trish grabs her DanaWireless…

She creates a DanaQuest…

And then she creates the key sections of her paper…

She starts her research by reviewing her research list and the assignment…

And fills in her research cards while searching the Internet…

Once she has found a number of sources she decides to reorganize her topics….

And organizes her research cards within each topic….

Finally, Trish is ready to begin writing her paper.

Mr. Greer’s DanaQuest to Canada:

Paper & Mission Complete!!

So what’s next for Mr. Chase Greer??

Grade Six DanaQuest

to ancient Greece

But…

…will Mr. Chase Greer be able to successfully use

DanaQuest with his younger students?

The answer is yes! With the Dana Quest PC ManagerMr. Greer can scaffold his students research activities.

The Quest Manager scaffolds students’ research activities at three levels…

 

 Scaffold Level 1

(maximum teacher support)

Scaffold Level 2 (moderate teacher

support)

Scaffold Level 3(minimum teacher

support)

Web BrowsingConfined to links in

the DanaQuest template

Confined to sites within teacher

specified domainsFree browsing

Create Topics Not permitted Not permitted Permitted

Number of cards per Topic

Confined to pre-established template

Permitted Permitted

Add/Rename Topics

No permitted Permitted Permitted

Get/Put URLCan Put Only: Unable

to change URL on cards.

Able to Get and Put within the domain of

suggested URLs

Able to Get and Put freely

So, you ask, what

is the FUTURE

for DanaQuest?!

The BIG Idea

DanaQuest Remote Server

•Intelligent Browsing Agent

•DanaQuest Web Interface anytime, anywhere file access

•DanaQuest Remote Manager anytime, anywhere management

•Collaboration opportunities

The BIGGER Idea

World Wide Web

The adventure continues as DanaQuest goes everywhere!

THE END!The End.