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 10, 2010 WebQuests for Active Lifelong Learning (WQ4ALL)
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WebQuests for Active Lifelong Learning (WQ4ALL) : WebQuests for Active Lifelong Learning (WQ4ALL) 4 Topic or subject
Background information
Potential audience
Possible tasks
Respond to each others' posts
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Slide 9 : 9 Instructions for the Process
1. Choose a topic for your WebQuest.
2. Decide where you are going to create the lesson plan and the WebQuest.
word doc, google docs (so you can collaborate), Webly,
Wiki, Wikispaces, Wetpaint, PBwiki, a blog, or a PowerPoint Presentation
3. Create a lesson plan.
4. Find resources (websites)
5. Create the introduction
6. Create the task or tasks.
7. Write the instruction you created in the lesson plan for the process.
8. Write the resources you wish the students to use.
9. Create two evaluation rubrics for the written and oral presentations.
10. Write a conclusion.
11. Keep a journal and add your reflections throughout the workshop.
12. Share you oral presentation with others on the Internet.
Slide 10 : 10 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 : 11 Learners Need Time
To watch, wonder
To explore, question, search
To create
Opportunities
Choices and Alternatives
Explore
Do/Try
Interact
Learners Need : 12 Learners Need Tools
Resources
Technologies
Experience
Practical
Meaningful
Active participation
Varied activities
Learners Need : 13 Learners Need Motivation
Self-directed
Relevant and Meaningful
Authentic activities
Models
Positive
Supportive
Enthusiastic
Learners Need : 14 Learners Need Strategies
Techniques to cope with
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Problems (Challenges)
Why Use a WebQuest? : 15 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 : 16 Building Blocks Introduction
Task
Process
Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion
Teacher Page
WebQuests Support : 17 WebQuests Support Teamwork
Collaborative
Cooperative
Critical thinking
Self-discovery
Self-directed
Self-paced
Inquiry-based
Duration : 18 Duration Short Term
One to three lessons
Knowledge acquisition and integration
Significant amount of information and makes sense of it
Duration : 19 Duration Long Term
A week to one month
Instructional goals
Extend and expand knowledge
Refine knowledge
Learner
Analyzes a body of knowledge
Transforms it
Demonstrates understanding
Thinking skills : 20 Thinking skills Comparing
Classifying
Inducing
Deducing
Analyzing errors (editing skills)
Constructing support
Abstraction
Analyzing perspectives
My WebQuests : 21 My WebQuests Check out my WebQuests
Doing is succeeding! : 22 Doing is succeeding! So go for it …