1. Web Quests in 21st Century Learning
Reaching more students successfully
What is a WebQuest?
Inquiry-based learning
Student-centered
Combines instructional strategies
Uses and processes information
Can be short-term or long-term
Organized in a specific way that has become universal

2. Web Quests in 21st Century Learning
Reaching more students successfully
WebQuest format:
Introduction
Task
Resources
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Teacher's Guide(optional)
EXAMPLE:
“Poetry and the Planets”

3. Web Quests in 21st Century Learning
Reaching more students successfully
Inquiry-Based Learning
Focus students' inquiry on questions that are challenging and have to be solved
Teach students specific procedures and strategies in the process of solving the quest (i.e., metacognition and problem solving)
Include opportunities for students to access information that is essential to the inquiry
Give students opportunities to work with peers (cooperative learning)
Help students develop competencies while completing a sequence of activities
Provides the opportunity for performance/presentation
Involve students in the process of deriving the standards for performance
Rely on authentic assessment of learning
WebQuests
Student-centered learning

4. Web Quests in 21st Century Learning
Reaching more students successfully
Student-Centered:
Students play a role
Not text book driven
Teacher as facilitator
Choosing themes that have meaning to students
Have a stake in the presentation and set up their own criteria
E.g. Music webquest

5. An example of how a WebQuest is student-centered:
“A Teen's Personal Guide to Music on the Web”
Cross-curricular
English
Music
Social Studies - cultural studies
Comprehension and transferable knowledge
Meaningful learning
Multi-media presentation
Greater retention

6. The Why and How for Success for All
The Internet in the 21st Century School
The Why and How for Success for All
Cooperative Learning:
Working in a team
Business model (Knowledge Management) AND life-long learning
Social skills
Learn how to deal with constructive feedback
Learn how to reach a consensus
Awareness of their contribution (reflection sheet)
Learn about different jobs and roles
Listening skills
Verbal skills
Appreciate diversity
Note: look for partnerships with foundations, no strings attached
I.e. don’t expext to see their logo or have endorsements for their contributions.

7. The Why and How for Success for All
The Internet in the 21st Century School
The Why and How for Success for All
Affective Learning:
Enthusiasm
Motivation
Expressing opinions
Talking about frustrations
Reflection
To articulate the innovation of the partnership we need to discuss its development over time because the partnership is dynamic.
The partners’ roles in the “Tomorrow’s School Today” project at St. Dorothy’s have evolved over time. Starting in 1996 with the equipping and upgrading of the school’s computer lab, Norshield moved on to solicit other corporate sponsors, and to involve Concordia University as partner in the project. Coupled with Norshield’s commitment to children, education, and technology at St. Dorothy’s, Apple Canada also joined the partnership in Together, the partners have envisioned a strategy to bring this model to other schools in the Montreal metropolitan area and beyond.
Norshield Financial Group has played a leadership and management role by leveraging its contacts and skills in the market place and by donating - as Apple Canada has - time, funds, and resources.
Supplying material resources & ensuring initial technological resources
Garnering & funding university involvement
Coordinating professional development initiatives for teachers in this area of new communication and information technologies for learning

8. Web Quests in 21st Century Learning
Reaching more students successfully
Learning styles - speaks to all types of learners
Tactile
Auditory
Visual
Working on students’ on strengths and weaknesses (E.g. WebQuests for at-risk students project)
Student-centered learning

9. Web Quests in 21st Century Learning
Reaching more students successfully
Where to begin:
Get together with other teachers
Combine strengths and expertise
Explore Web Quests that are already available
Don’t duplicate it if you don’t have to
Assess your students’ needs (Multiple Intelligences etc.)
Start slow (e.g. Create a HOTLIST

10. Successful educational experience for all!!!

11. Created by Sabine Cossette:
Consultant in information communication technologies (ICT) for the English Montreal School Board (EMSB)
EMSB office:
6000 Fielding Ave. Montreal, Quebec H3X 1T4 Telephone: (514) Fax: (514)