Webquests For Educators : Webquests For Educators Presented by Mbarek Akaddar
Beni Mellal – Morocco
akaddar13@hotmail.com
Main Points of the presentation : Main Points of the presentation What are webquests ?
What are the main components of a webquest ?
Rules and tips for writing a good webquest
What are webquests ? : What are webquests ? “an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners’ time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners’ thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation”
Dodge 1995
What are the main Components of a Webquest ? : What are the main Components of a Webquest ? Introduction
Task
Process
Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion
Introduction: : Introduction: The introduction section provides background information and motivational scenarios like giving students roles to play: "You are an underwater research scientist," or "You are an astronaut planning a trip to the moon." It also provides an overview of the learning goals to students.
Tasks : Tasks The Task block in a WebQuest is a description of what the learner will produce by the end of the activity.
It also describes the tools that are to be used to produce the expected product – such as a PowerPoint presentation, a written report, or an oral presentation.
Process : Process This is a description of the steps learners should go through in accomplishing the task, with links embedded in each step.
Resources : Resources This section of the WebQuest consists of a list of the resources (bookmarked Web sites, print resources, etc.) that your students will need to complete the task.
Evaluation : Evaluation Displays a rubric to measure the product as objectively as possible :
Conclusion : Conclusion This step allows for reflection by the students and summation by the teacher. "We learn by doing -- but we learn even better by talking about what we did."
Students are encouraged to suggest ways of doing things differently .
Five Rules for Writing a Great WebQuest : Five Rules for Writing a Great WebQuest Find great sites.
Orchestrate your learners and resources.
Challenge your learners to think.
Use the medium.
Scaffold high expectations
Find great sites : Find great sites Website evaluation
Master a search engine.
Probe the deep Web.
Search multimedia Database
Bookmark your findings
Orchestrate your learners and resources : Orchestrate your learners and resources Organizing resources
Organizing learners
Positive interdependence:
Promotive interaction
Individual and group accountability:
Interpersonal and small group skills:
Group processing
Challenge your learners to think. : Challenge your learners to think. comparing
classifying
inducing
deducing
analyzing errors
constructing support
abstraction
analyzing perspective
Use the medium available : Use the medium available Online project -oriented platforms
IEARN
EPALS
Flatclassroom
Real people .
Parents
Teachers
Bookquest .
Scaffold high expectations : Scaffold high expectations Reception
A reception scaffold provides guidance in learning
from a given resource and retaining what was learned.
Transformation
WebQuests ask learners to transform what they read into some new form
Production
WebQuests commonly require students to create things they’ve never created before
Slide 17 : References :
http://webquest.org/index.php
http://babylon.k12.ny.us/usconstitution/focus-5%20rules.pdf
http://bestwebquests.com/what_webquests_are.asp Email: akaddar13@hotmail.com
Slide 18 : Email: akaddar13@hotmail.com