Web Quests Dodge Bernie 1997 May 5 Some

Web. Quests! Dodge, Bernie. (1997, May 5). Some thoughts about Web. Quests. Retrieved 16 November 2002 from the World Wide Web: http: //edweb. sdsu. edu/courses/edtec 596/about_webquests. html

Introductions • • Name School Grade/Subject One thing that isn’t on your resume

Norms • • • Start & end on time Take care of yourself Ask questions Share information Use time well

What will you learn and do? • • What is a Web. Quest? Why use Web. Quests? What makes a good Web. Quest? How do you create a Web. Quest? – Power. Point Template • • Tips for using Web. Quests with students Create/Adapt a Web. Quest Collaborate & Share Post Web. Quest online for future use by you or other District teachers

“Traditional” Instruction • Characteristics of instruction • Skills of teachers • Characteristics of students • Other 21 st Century Learning • Characteristics of instruction • Skills of teachers • Characteristics of students • Other

Origin of Web. Quests • Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University – Tim March, Pac. Bell’s Knowledge Network Bernie Dodge http: //www. education-world. com/a_tech/tech 020. shtml

Why Web. Quests? • Student Motivation • Authenticity • Developing Thinking Skills • Cooperative Learning http: //www. education-world. com/a_tech/tech 020. shtml

Academy District 20 21 st Century Skills http: //asd 20 inthe 21 st. wikispaces. com

What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years? The Partnership for 21 st Century Skills: http: //www. 21 stcenturyskills. org/documents/NSBA%20 P 21%20 Overview. pdf

Important skills : Next 5 Years The Partnership for 21 st Century Skills: http: //www. 21 stcenturyskills. org/documents/NSBA%20 P 21%20 Over view. pdf

“Tell me and I forget, Show me and I remember, Involve me and I understand” -Old Chinese Proverb

What is a Web. Quest? • Inquiry-oriented activity • Information comes from resources on the Internet • Not just a “treasure hunt” • Group role playing activity

Different types of Web Activities AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: http: //www. kn. pacbell. com/wired/fil/formats. html#Web. Quest

Short Term Web. Quests • Students “grapple with a significant amount of new information” • Students make sense of this new information • One to three class periods

Longer Term Web. Quests • Extending and Refining Knowledge • Analyze • Transform • Create • 1 Week – 1 Month

Examples of Web. Quests “The Scream Machine” “Severe Weather” “Burning Issues in Weston!”

Critical Attributes 1. Introduction 2. Task 3. Information Sources 4. Process 5. Guidance 6. Conclusion 7. Teacher Page

Break

What Makes a Web. Quest Good?

Thinking Skills Comparing Analyzing Errors Deducing Analyzing Perspective Classifying Inducing Constructing Support Abstraction

Music Adventure

Evaluating Web. Quests • • Essential Question Linked to standards Engaging Sources Roles Product Creativity

Lunch Time!

Using Rubric to Evaluate Web. Quests • Farmers, Farmers Everywhere (Gr. 3 -5) • The Machine Called the Human Body (Gr 6 -8) • Digital Camera Selection (Grade 7 -12)

Workshop Time Explore and Evaluate Web. Quests

Planning a Web. Quest • Adapt an existing Web. Quest – or create a new one? • What do you want students to know and be able to do? • How will you know they have achieved this?

Planning a Web. Quest • • • Written Template – Content first! Power. Point Template Online format – HTML or PDF? Design aspects Testing!

Bernie Dodge’s Seven Steps 1. Pick an appropriate goal and topic. 2. Select a task that engages higher level thinking. 3. Create a Website. 4. Develop an evaluation. 5. Think through the process – organize! 6. Write documentation for other teachers 7. Test and Revise! http: //www. teachers-connect. net/misc/coltproj/Project. htm