Webquest for Environmental Scan for Andre Lucas Elementary School 2007 - 08
	Name _______________________	Grade/Subject _______________
Key Question:  What are the most important things we can develop in our students that will help them in the kind of world in which they are likely to live?
Definition:   Environmental scan data is information about society and the world that we may use to determine the skills, knowledge and abilities our students will need in order to be successful in "their future". It helps us understand the world in which our school may exist at various times in the future. It helps us know what we may have to adapt to be successful in such a new world. It pulls together key trends and predictions from good sources to give us a sense of the range of possible futures our students may experience.
Goal: Our goal is to learn about Environmental Scans. Remember that you will not be able to do part of this webquest from home because some of the links are on a server rather than a website. If any links are not working, please move on and try another one. Sometimes it is caused by internet slow down, but we do not want to let it slow us down.
To access this webquest go to the Lucas site and click on Environmental Webquest 1. If you prefer to open this webquest as an Excel spreadsheet to enter your information, please click on this link environwebquest.xls and save to your h-drive. You can then enter info into the spreadsheet columns, save it, print it OR enter your information on the webquest sheet provided by your Profile Team Leader.
RUBRIC	RUBRIC for Environmental Scan
	Curious Observer	Works through videos, powerpoints, and .pdf's
	Investigator of the Unknown	Works through videos, powerpoints, .pdf's AND comes away with printouts
	Aggressive Researcher	Works through videos, powerpoints, .pdf's AND comes away with printouts AND views 1 or more websites in each of the categories.
Activities	Topics	TO BE FILLED IN BY USER
Environmental Scan - These sites will give you ideas about what an environmental scan is		What do I Know?	What did I Find while doing the Webquest?	What are my Reflections after doing the Webquest? How might I change my teaching to prepare students for the future?
Printout	FirstGov  ->  Go to Search and put in Environmental Scan. Look for E.S. from Ohio and print page 3 from it.
Printout	Kent (1992) Environmental Scan Data
Printout	Statistics and Environmental Scan Data from NCA ( sample printout)
PDF	Map of Future Forces Affecting Education -> input name, e-mail, FCS and click I agree -> print pdf.
PDF	National Study of School Evaluation   Go to Free Downloads and print something of interest about School Improvement
PDF	Larry Lezotte's Effective Schools  -  print PDF of the Correlates of Effective Schools
Links	Links to U.S.Government Information - Find and list links here that were helpful to you
Video	Scan Video - Takes awhile to load
Website	FedWorld  -  Select Office of Personnel Mangement website  -> Jobs in Demand (Are you the person we're looking for? ) Look at high and low salaried jobs and see what education and other requirements are required.
Website	SearchGov  - List some sites here that would help us with our environmental scan
Activities	Topics	TO BE FILLED IN BY USER
Demographic Trends in Population		What do I Know?	What did I Find while doing the Webquest?	What are my Reflections after doing the Webquest? How might I change my teaching to prepare students for the future?
PDF	DDESS Website -> Use Search for Demographics -> print out demographic data form
Printout	DDESS - Select District Profiles -> Ky -> Fort Campbell -> Demographics -> OK and print Demographic page
Printout	The Chronicle of Higher Education -> Select An Overview and print The Nation Demographics page
Website	United States Census Bureau -> Visit Population Clock, Quick Facts and Kids Corner to see how population changes second by second)
Website	Gannett -> Select Demographics -> Statistical Abstract of US and compare 1995 to 2000
Website	Life Track Services  (View a short movie, exit, click on Educators Speak and determine what this website does for schools)
Activities	Topics	TO BE FILLED IN BY USER
Education Trends of the Future		What do I Know?	What did I Find while doing the Webquest?	What are my Reflections after doing the Webquest? How might I change my teaching to prepare students for the future?
Printout	Top 10 list of books for educational futurists
PDF	U. S. Dept. of Education -> Select Empowering Parents -> scroll down and print brochure of websites for PT conferences
PDF	International Center for Leadership in Education -> scroll down to Successful Schools and print pdf
PDF	International Center for Leadership in Education -> scroll down to Preparing Students for Their Future and print pdf
PPT	16 Trends powerpoint
Video	Did you Know?
Website	Education Now Changing Radically - compare what has happened since this was written in 2000
Website	21st Century Skills -> scroll and select "To educate the 21st-century workforce, schools must change" - read or print but write your response under your findings.
Website	21st Century Skills -> scroll and select "How to achieve 'results that matter' for students" - read or print but write your response under your findings.
Turn in your completed Webquest sheet to your Profile Team Leader.
Environmental Scan Part 2 will take place at a future date.