2. WEBQUEST Using the Internet for an Inquiry-based Learning

3. Why WebQuest? Here is a story http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html WebQuests: A strategy for scaffolding higher level learning http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htmhttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm An article entitle "the student WebQuest" by Maureen brown Yoder, April 1999 http://www.iste.org/L&L/26/7/features/yoder/index.htm l http://www.iste.org/L&L/26/7/features/yoder/index.htm l A quick review of the original WebQuest concept homepage http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.htmlhttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

4. Two Types of WebQuest  Short term instructional goals oKnowledge acquisition, higher order thinking and integration oLearners have to make sense of a significant amount of new information oCan be completed from one to three class periods  Long term instructional goals oExtend and refine knowledge through a higher order thinking process over a period of time oLearners analyze and transform the body of knowledge into their own way of understanding, then have to demonstrate their understanding in some forms oCan be completed from one week to a month

5. Components of a WebQuest Building Blocks of a WebQuest http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html 1.Introduction: orients learners to what to be expected 2.Tasks: instructs learners what to do 3.The process: provides steps or strategies 4.Evaluation: primarily with rubrics http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html 5.Resources: keep learners focus with pre-selected web pages, (or books, videos and CD-ROMs) 6.Conclusion: summarize, reflect, extend and generalize about the learning process to demonstrate understanding

6. Tutorials  A roadmap for developing WebQuests http://webquest.sdsu.edu/roadmap/index.htm http://webquest.sdsu.edu/roadmap/index.htm  Five rules for writing great WebQuests http://www.iste.org/L&L/28/8/featuredarticle/dodge/index. html http://www.iste.org/L&L/28/8/featuredarticle/dodge/index. html  A WebQuest on creating a WebQuest http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/teacher_quest/ http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/teacher_quest/  Webquest 101 – putting discovery into the curriculum http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest- a.shtml http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest- a.shtml

7. More on Tutorials  Disney has created a WebQuest tutorial to walk you through the critical components of a WebQuest http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month8/i ndex.html http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month8/i ndex.html  A taxonomy of tasks http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html  Training materials http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm  If you want to design WebQuest as web pages (only if you understand web design), here are templates http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html

8. Ideas for Lesson Plan The best web resources for classroom WebQuest lesson plans http://www.teachertidbytes.com/WebLessonPlan s.html http://www.teachertidbytes.com/WebLessonPlan s.html Matrix of examples http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html A good example http://www.dade.k12.fl.us/ohes/bratcherMol/Web QuestMolluskPage.html http://www.dade.k12.fl.us/ohes/bratcherMol/Web QuestMolluskPage.html The WebQuest Connection http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/webquestslinks/ http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/webquestslinks/

9. WEBQUEST Bon Voyage!