A Web Quest Workout

Welcome
Greetings!  In order to get our day started, it would be helpful to find out what your interests are and what experiences you have with creating web quests.  Please complete the following survey:

http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?JG06P439J1XJ2T9WNWMGTP4M

(By the way, did you know you could create your own FREE surveys at www.zoomerang.com?)
Why Use Web Quests?
A true web quest provides a tool for students and teachers to work together to discover the answers to big ideas.  There are no "right" answers. Instead, students investigate various resources through different roles to come to their own conclusions.  Web Quests can positively affect:
Student Motivation & Authenticity
Developing Thinking Skills
Cooperative Learning

However, be careful because not all that glitters is gold; nor is all that is called a "web quest" actually a web quest.

For a more in-depth article about the rationale for using web quests, please look at the following article by Tom March and Bernie Dodge.
http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html

 
Types of Internet Activities

Follow your goal

 
Examples of Web Quests
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html
A matrix of web quests by subject and grade level.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html
A table of various types of Internet activities by subject and grade level.

http://www.google.com
Search for your topic and include the phrase "web quests" in your search field

http://www.englishhillconsultants.com/english/webquests/definingjustice.htm
What visions do we have about justice for the world? - A web quest for high school students.

http://www.geocities.com/lhillclasses/webquests/justicemustbeserved.htm
"Justice Must Be Served":  A web quest for To Kill a Mockingbird where students use information from the novel, history and other sources to create an extension chapter of the novel which they will perform for others.

THIS IS NOT A WEB QUEST:
http://www.englishhillconsultants.com/english/witchhunt.htm
Instead, this is a scavenger hunt.

 
Parts of a Web Quest
Introduction - Set up the situation

Task - State the problem

Process - Provide the steps the students should follow in order to guide them on their way

Roles - Explain the various roles within the groups

Resources - Provide various resources (online and offline) that would be useful for the task

Conclusion - Taking the product beyond the assignment

Evaluation - Explain how the product will be evaluated

 
Creating Our Own Web Quests

1.  Brainstorming

Prewriting - topics, skills, general ideas, what is the "big" question you want the students to investigate, what product will you ask the students create

Gathering resources - find links that would be valuable to your students - http://www.ozline.com/learning/stumble.html

Defining roles - determine the role types

Evaluate your ideas using the "Go / No Go" Questions from http://www.ozline.com/webquests/prewrite.html - part 4.

2. Creating the content of your web quest

Filimentality - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

3.  Evaluating your web quest

Look at the rubric below and compare your web quest for each category:  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html

4. Publishing your web quest

Publish with Filimentality - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Publish with Front Page 2000 and www.tripod.com

 

Created by Lara Hill for ETTC class - "Web Quest Workout" - October 2001 - based on information from various web sites listed throughout.  Please feel free to email me at lhillclasses@prodigy.net.

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