Web Quests and Your Classroom

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Treasure Hunts and WebQuests in the Classroom
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Objectives

• What is a Scavenger/Treasure Hunt and a Web
  Quest
• Visit on-line Scavenger / Treasure Hunts, Web
  Quests
• Find some WBI to use with your classes
• Locate templates to make your own Treasure Hunts
  and Web Quests.
• Start making a Web Quest or Scavenger Hunt.

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Where does Web Based Instruction fit into the
plans
Think about your state accountability tests. Even
if it isnt mentioned anywhere Cooperative Group
Work does help prepare students for different
test situations.
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PGCPS Technology Plan
Master Plan- Goal 1, Strategy 1.1.1- Align
curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the
Maryland Learning Outcomes, Core Learning Skills,
and Skills for Success.
Maryland Plan for Technology In Education- Goal
III. Integrate the most appropriate and effective
technology into all aspects of the education
process. Target 1 technology will be integrated
into learning activities across the K-16
curriculum to support knowledge and skill
acquisition, effective communication, and problem
solving.
PGCPS Technology Plan- Goal 1Develop and
implement a long-range, multi-year process for
integrating educational technology into the scope
and sequence and related curriculum documents for
the school system.
High School Core Learning Goals Skills for
Success Goal 4 Expectation 2 The student will
use technology effectively for a variety of
purposes and situations.
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DefinitionTreasure Hunt

• Students visit web pages that hold information
  (text, graphic, sound, video, etc.) that you feel
  is essential to understanding the given topic.
• The page poses key questions for each Web site
  you've linked to.
• Students complete the Hunt with a culminating big
  question.

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DefinitionWeb Quests

• An inquiry oriented activity where some or all of
  the resources come from the Internet
• Constructivist, project based, task oriented
• Students use problem solving skills
• Student centered-usually conducted in small
  groups
• Students develop concepts, reinforce key ideas.

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Common Elements

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Resources (pre-defined)
• Evaluation

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Sites that have a little bit of everything
already made for you ! ???

• http//www.cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/matrix/proj
  ects.html
• http//iteslj.org/links/ESL/Treasure_Hunts/ /
• http//edtech.sandi.net/teach/treasure/
• http//webquest.org/ (see Top, Middling,
  New)
• http//www.cyberbee.com/hunts.html

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Sites that help you build it yourself

• Filamentality http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil
  /
• Web Quest Templates http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest
  /LessonTemplate.html

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My Treasure Hunt

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Resources (pre-defined)
• Evaluation

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My Web Quest

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Resources (pre-defined)
• Evaluation

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The End... of the beginning ! Have
fun creating your own.