Creating a WebQuest: Even a Kid Could Do It!

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Creating a WebQuest Even a Kid Could Do It!
Presented by Michael Bailey
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What is a WebQuest?

• A webQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
  which most or all of the information used by
  learners is drawn from the Web.
• - Bernie Dodge
• San Diego State University
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html
• 7/28/05

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WebQuest Example

• http//www.instantprojects.org/webquest/introducti
  onlist.php?AuthorID203
• 7/28/05

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Why WebQuests?

• WebQuests are designed to use learners time
  well.
• To focus on using information rather than on
  looking for it.
• To support learners thinking at the levels of
  analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
• - Bernie Dodge
• San Diego State University

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• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do
  and I understand.
• - Confucius

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A good place to start!Instant WebQuests