Module 7

• Looking at WebQuests

WebQuest

• What is a WebQuest, its theoretical basis, components and resources.

• Using a team approach, each group will produce a WebQuest designed to train school personal to develop technology based lessons to enhance the attainment of school and curricular objectives. See the description in the syllabus under

Theory

• Use the following URL’s, read the essays and explore the theoretical bases of webquests.

http://www.alicechristie.org/edtech/wq/http://www.alicechristie.orgClick on “What is a WebQuest?” Both of these sites are excellent introductions to the basic principles of WebQuests. b quest?

Step One

• Use the following URL’s, read the essays and explore the theoretical bases of webquests.

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• http://www.alicechristie.org/edtech/wq/• http://www.alicechristie.org

• Click on “What is a WebQuest?” Both of these sites are excellent introductions to the basic principles of WebQuests.

What is a webquest

• http://bestwebquests.com/

• This is a matrix of many good WebQuest examples.http://bestwebquests.com/ This is a matrix of many good WebQuest examples

Step 2

• Here is an opportunity to review some webquest sites. In your teams, explore these sites and evaluate how you might use these in a classroom. What would be advantages or disadvantages to using webquests? Choose the teaching levels you are most interested in.

areas

• elementaryhttp://www.station05.qc.ca/css/ecoles/stmarg/als/memphrequest/index.htm

middle schoolhttp://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/lewisclark/

(This site has many, many WebQuests available)high schoolhttp://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/9806/belleville.html adult educationhttp://www.altn.org/webquests/downloads

Step 3

• How to develop a WebQuest. Here are three sites with essentially the same information in different formats. Choose one or two and come up with the steps for building a WebQuest.http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm

Step 4

• Look at these URLs and begin thinking of a topic and the resources for developing your quest. These sites have essentially the same information in different formats. Use what is most useful to you and your group.http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/Process/WebQuestDesignProcess.htmlhttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.htmlhttp://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/tasksimap

Questions

• What is a webquest?• On what theory is it based?• How could a teacher use this

technique in a classroom?• What are the advantages and

disadvantages of this technique?• How might an administrator or

curriculum specialist use the webquest?•

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• How might a school use the WebQuest concept even with limited technology?

• What do you think about student motivation when using a WebQuest?

• How can a WebQuest be used in ESE classes?

• How might a WebQuest be used to assist teachers to attain Florida Certification?

Your task

• Develop a WebQuest with your group that teaches your school personnel how to develop technology-based lesson plans.

• The following are suggestions ONLY – you are not limited to these topics but think in terms of training school personnel – do not limit your topics to a single classroom.

task

• Your sample WebQuest might be how teachers or other school staff could use a WebQuest to:

• Help struggling readers.

• Build community in the ESE classroom

• Teach strategies for handling diversity in the classroom

• Strategies for Parent Conferences

Task

• Plan an evaluation to determine compliance with Florida statutes (class management, discipline, subject matter knowledge, for example).

• Look at syllabus