Web Quest Lesson What is a Web Quest
Web. Quest Lesson
What is a Web. Quest? n n A Web. Quest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. (Dodge, B. 1998) A Web. Quest is a form of Problem-based learning where the learning is anchored to a problem that will provide stimulus for the students learning (Savery & Duffy, 1995)
What is a Web. Quest cont. n n A Web. Quest is an activity where the students will search for specific pre-selected resources online for information. The resources are carefully selected by the instructor to best support the learning. A Web. Quest can be constructed as a paperbased handout, an actual web site, a series of web pages provided to students on disk, or as a Power. Point presentation.
Six components of a Web. Quest n n n Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teachers Page
Web. Quest components n The Introduction – Providing the purpose of the activity to the students. http: //projects. edtech. sandi. net/staffdev/buildingblocks/introduction. ht m n The Task – Describing the end result to the students. http: //projects. edtech. sandi. net/staffdev/buildingblocks/task. htm n The Process – The steps the students will follow in the lesson. http: //projects. edtech. sandi. net/staffdev/buildingblocks/process. htm
Web. Quest components n The Evaluation – Description to the learners of the performance evaluation. http: //projects. edtech. sandi. net/staffdev/buildingblocks/evaluation. htm n The Conclusion – Providing closure to the students. http: //projects. edtech. sandi. net/staffdev/buildingblocks/conclusion. htm n The Teacher Page – information to help other teachers such as Standards, types of students targeted for the lesson, notes and tips about teaching the lesson, etc. http: //projects. edtech. sandi. net/staffdev/buildingblocks/teacher. htm
Examples of a Web. Quest n Planet Web Quest (K-2) - http: //schools. sbe. saskatoon. sk. ca/Victo/projects/Grassroots/Planet%2 0 Web. Quest/Web. Quest 2. html n A Tale to be Told (3 -5) - http: //schoolweb. missouri. edu/nixa. k 12. mo. us/sullivan/tales/index. htm n March Madness (6 -8) - http: //www. madison. k 12. ky. us/district/projects/Web. Quest/March. Madn ess/mmwebquest. html n A Quest for a Wind in a Door (9 -10) - http: //www. lausd. k 12. ca. us/lausd/offices/di/Burleson/Lessons/wind/index. htm
Web. Quest resources n “Some Thoughts About Web. Quests” (Bernie Dodge’s 1995 paper): http: //webquest. sdsu. edu/about_webquests. html n Web. Quest Training materials (articles & tutorials): http: //webquest. sdsu. edu/materials. htm n The Web. Quest Portal (news site and forums for Web. Quests): http: //webquest. org/
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