WebQuests Ideas from the Originators: Bernie Dodge and Tom March

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WebQuestsIdeas from the OriginatorsBernie
Dodge and Tom March

• Quickstart Overview
• June 9, 2008

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Some Thoughts About WebQuests

• Bernie Dodge
• 1995
• Conceptualization of the WebQuest model to
  categorize or describe new forms of learning
  environments
• Short Term WebQuest 1-3 class periods
• Longer Term WebQuest one week to one month

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Some Thoughts About WebQuests

• Bernie Dodge
• Designed to make best use of a learners time
• Improve educational benefit by not having a
  learner surf the web without a clear task
• Address, if necessary, ration of time given to
  students online
• Sample products searchable database, micro
  world, document describing analysis of
  controversial situation, simulated person

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Some Thoughts About WebQuests

• Bernie Dodge
• Simulated archaeological dig
• 2 hours
• Students working in groups
• Answered a series of questions
• Reviewed project reports and theoretical papers
• Connected with a professional via videoconference
  or speakerphone
• Spent time telling each other what they have
  learned

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WebQuests in a Web 2 World

• Tom March
• WebQuests introduced in 1995 to allow students to
  scaffold, to make decisions and allow experiences
  from the ill-structured World Wide Web leading
  to advanced thinking
• Opportunities to use old format with new tools
  social networking, wikis, blogs, podcasts