WebQuests

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WebQuests

• Tal Waide
• ED 585

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WebQuests by Definition

• inquiry-oriented activities in which most or
  all of the information used by the learner is
  drawn from the web.
• Dodge March, 1999

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Creators 1995

• Bernie Dodge
• Ph.D. Instructional Design
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm
• http//www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.
  shtml
• Tom March
• MA in Educational Technology
• http//www.bestwebquests.com/
• 1995

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WebQuest FAQs

• May be student or teacher-designed activities
• Can last from a few hours to a few weeks
• Individually or groups
• Groups teamwork, sharing, individual
  responsibility, group responsibility

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WebQuests cont.

• Students find answers
• Students draw conclusions
• Guided to avoid pitfalls
• Perfect for constructivist classroom

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Types

• Short Term
• A few class periods
• Long Term
• A week to month(s)

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Well-designed WebQuests

• Introduction
• The Hook
• Task
• focus on culminating product or performance
• Process
• How? Step by step.

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Well-designed WebQuests cont

• Evaluation
• evaluation criteria rubrics
• Conclusion
• reflection closure
• Teacher Page
• design notes, notes, problems, ?s, examples
• Resources
• replaces 6 links

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WebQuests in your classroom

• Use one someone else made
• Make sure you give author full credit
• Use anothers as a start
• E-mail thanks share yours
• Use your own
• Nice final unit project

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Scavenger Hunts

• Give students a list based on theme/topic
• Students report back with URL
• -OR-
• Give bookmarks and specific questions
• Worksheet with URLs or HTML document

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Your Turn!!!