The WebQuest : 1 The WebQuest Ideal for a collaborative learning project ! Computers and the Internet are valuable teaching and learning tools. The Joy of Learning Nellie Deutsch July 4, 2005 ETAI Annual Conference Inspired by Annette Lamb’s I-Totems
Slide 2 : 2 Information
Questions
To simulate inquiry and exploration
Access to facts
Knowledge and wisdom
Guidance on how
Select
Evaluate
Apply
Organize
Synthesize
Communicate ideas Learners Need
Learners Need : 3 Learners Need Time
To watch, wonder
To explore, question, search
To create
Opportunities
Choices and Alternatives
Explore
Do, try
Travel
Interact
Learners Need : 4 Learners Need Tools
Resources
Technologies
Material for physical and mental work
Experience
Practical
Meaningful
Active participation
Varied activities
Learners Need : 5 Learners Need Motivation
Self-directed
Relevant and Meaningful
Authentic activities
Models
Positive
supportive
enthusiastic
Learners Need : 6 Learners Need Strategies
Techniques to cope with
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Problems
Why Use a WebQuest? : 7 Why Use a WebQuest? Justify the cost of placing computers in classrooms
Administrators and parents are concerned about students' unguided use of the Internet.
Is it really worth the costs?
Is it really necessary?
Effective use of the Internet in the classroom.
Building Blocks : 8 Building Blocks Introduction
Task
Process
Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion
Teacher Page
WebQuests Support : 9 WebQuests Support Teamwork
Collaborative
Cooperative
Critical thinking
Self-discovery
Self-directed
Self-paced
Inquiry-based
Duration : 10 Duration Short Term
One to three lessons
Knowledge acquisition and integration
Significant amount of information and makes sense of it
Duration : 11 Duration Long Term
A week to one month
Instructional goal
Extend and expand knowledge
Refine knowledge
Learner
analyzes a body of knowledge
transforms it
demonstrates understanding
Thinking skills : 12 Thinking skills comparing
classifying
inducing
deducing
analyzing errors
constructing support
abstraction
analyzing perspectives
My WebQuests : 13 My WebQuests http://www.nelliemuller.com/WebQuestsbyNellieDeutsch.htm
Why a WebQuest?
A WebQuest for teachers
http://www.scs.k12.tn.us/why_webquests/why_wq.htm
Doing is succeeding! : 14 Doing is succeeding! So go for it …