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WEBQUEST

WEBQUEST. Using the Internet for an Inquiry-based Learning. Why WebQuest?. Here is a story http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html WebQuests: A strategy for scaffolding higher level learning http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm

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WEBQUEST

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  1. WEBQUEST Using the Internet for an Inquiry-based Learning

  2. Why WebQuest? • Here is a storyhttp://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html • WebQuests: A strategy for scaffolding higher level learninghttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm • An article entitle "the student WebQuest" by Maureen brown Yoder, April 1999http://www.iste.org/L&L/26/7/features/yoder/index.html • A quick review of the original WebQuest concept homepagehttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

  3. Short term instructional goals Knowledge acquisition, higher order thinking and integration Learners have to make sense of a significant amount of new information Can be completed from one to three class periods Long term instructional goals Extend and refine knowledge through a higher order thinking process over a period of time Learners analyze and transform the body of knowledge into their own way of understanding, then have to demonstrate their understanding in some forms Can be completed from one week to a month Two Types of WebQuest

  4. Components of a WebQuest Building Blocks of a WebQuest http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html • Introduction: orients learners to what to be expected • Tasks: instructs learners what to do • The process: provides steps or strategies • Evaluation: primarily with rubrics http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html • Resources: keep learners focus with pre-selected web pages, (or books, videos and CD-ROMs) • Conclusion: summarize, reflect, extend and generalize about the learning process to demonstrate understanding

  5. Tutorials • A roadmap for developing WebQuestshttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/roadmap/index.htm • Five rules for writing great WebQuestshttp://www.iste.org/L&L/28/8/featuredarticle/dodge/index.html • A WebQuest on creating a WebQuesthttp://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/teacher_quest/ • Webquest 101 – putting discovery into the curriculumhttp://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml

  6. More on Tutorials • Disney has created a WebQuest tutorial to walk you through the critical components of a WebQuest http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month8/index.html • A taxonomy of taskshttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html • Training materials http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm • If you want to design WebQuest as web pages (only if you understand web design), here are templateshttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html

  7. Ideas for Lesson Plan • The best web resources for classroom WebQuest lesson planshttp://www.teachertidbytes.com/WebLessonPlans.html • Matrix of exampleshttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html • A good examplehttp://www.dade.k12.fl.us/ohes/bratcherMol/WebQuestMolluskPage.html • The WebQuest Connectionhttp://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/webquestslinks/

  8. WEBQUEST Bon Voyage!

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