WebQuests for learning

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WebQuestsfor learning

• Ron Mastine

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• WebQuest
• WebQuest
• WebQuest
• WebQuest
• WebQuest
• WebQuest

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Quest

• a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance
  usually involving an adventurous journey
• Quest for knowledge, truth, understanding,
• Vision quest a solitary vigil by an adolescent
  American Indian boy to seek spiritual power and
  learn through a vision the identity of his
  usually animal or bird guardian spirit.

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2.

• What are some of the apprehensions you might
  have, obstacles you might face or other negatives
  involved in using computers with the ESL class?

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3.

• If you were to shop around for a new pedagogical
  tool to complete your teachers toolbox, what
  would you be looking for?

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WebQuestsAn introduction
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WebQuests were designed to ...     bring
together the most effective instructional
practices into one integrated student activity.
Tom March
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the concept

• The originator, Bernie Dodge, 1995, San Diego
• A WebQuest, an inquiry-oriented online tool for
  learning,
• a single class period (knowledge acquisition and
  integration) or a month-long unit (extending and
  refining knowledge - constructing knowledge)
• group work, specific roles or perspectives
  (reporter, engineer, detective, )
• pre-selected resources. Students USING
  information, not LOOKING for it. (scaffolding,
  guided discovery)

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It all begins with the question.
Why? Which is the How?

• Investigating contemporary world problems
• Evaluating history.
• Creating a product.
• Dealing with lifes realities.
• Sparking the imagination.

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ingredients

• Student-centered
• Constructivism
• Active learning
• Project-based learning
• Guided discovery
• Cognitive-based
• Critical thinking
• Information transformation
• Problem-solving
• Cooperative-based learning

• Areas of life-long learning
• Intrinsic motivation
• Authentic materials
• Authentic assessment
• Strategic learning
• Multiple intelligences
• Technology integration
•  Cross-curricular competencies
• Meta cognitive

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steps in a WebQuest

• An introduction that sets the stage and provides
  some background information. 
• A task that is doable, interesting and elicits
  thinking. 
• A set of information sources needed to complete
  the task.
• A description of the process including
  cooperative roles.
• Guidance on how to organize the information
  acquired. (scaffolding)
• A conclusion or project that brings closure to
  the quest, reminds the learners about what
  theyve learned, and perhaps encourages them to
  extend the experience into other domains. 

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Tasks

• Retelling
• Compilation
• Mystery
• Journalistic
• Design
• Creative Product

• Consensus Building
• Persuasion
• Self-Knowledge
• Analytical
• Judgment
• Scientific

http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html
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Projects

• Present, demonstrate, act-out, perform,
  illustrate, publish, using a diversity of
  media.

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technology access

• No computer
• Print
• No Internet access
• Transfer simulate
• Few computers
• Designate and rotate, extend time

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choices

• As is
• Language skills vs. interest
• labels
• Modify
• Re-write, review links
• Make
• Templates, Questions, Resources

Explorer
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scaffolding WebQuest skills

• Scavenger hunts
• navigate investigate Internet resources
• Hotlists
• gather resources
• MM Scrapbook
• Manipulate resources
• Subject sampler
• integrate methodogical and technological skills
  based on interest.

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scaffolding computer skills

• Mini projects / activities
• Introduce e-mail, word processing,
  presentation and web page construction.
• Use directed or online tutorials within a
  cooperative environment.

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resources

• Matrix
• Collections
• The WebQuest Window
• Station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/

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examples

• Primary
• Secondary
• Long
• Short

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The answers
WebQuests

• 1 intrigue and action on the Internet
• 2 imaginative use of technology resources
• 3 active learning, critical thinking,
  project-based, cooperative,

Have a great day! Ron
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Introduction
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Task
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Process
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Resources
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Guidance
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Conclusion

• evaluation