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WebQuests!

WebQuests!. Nancy White 21 st Century Learning & Innovation Specialist nancy.white@asd20.org. 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.

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WebQuests!

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  1. WebQuests! Nancy White 21st Century Learning & Innovation Specialist nancy.white@asd20.org

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

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

  4. What will you learn and do? • What is a WebQuest? • Why use WebQuests? • What makes a good WebQuest? • How do you create a WebQuest? • PowerPoint Template • Tips for using WebQuests with students • Create/Adapt a WebQuest • Collaborate & Share • Post WebQuest online for future use by you or other District teachers

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

  6. Origin of WebQuests • Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University • Tim March, PacBell’s Knowledge Network Bernie Dodge http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech020.shtml

  7. Why WebQuests? • Student Motivation • Authenticity • Developing Thinking Skills • Cooperative Learning 21st Century Skills http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech020.shtml

  8. Academy District 20 21st Century Skills http://asd20inthe21st.wikispaces.com

  9. What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years? The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/NSBA%20P21%20Overview.pdf

  10. Important skills : Next 5 Years WebQuests The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/NSBA%20P21%20Overview.pdf

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

  12. Think Like a Designer!

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

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

  15. Short Term WebQuests • Students “grapple with a significant amount of new information” • Students make sense of this new information • One to three class periods Synthesis/Evaluation

  16. Longer Term WebQuests • Extending and Refining Knowledge • Analyze • Transform • Create • 1 Week – 1 Month

  17. Examples of WebQuests “The Scream Machine” “Severe Weather” “Burning Issues in Weston!”

  18. Required Elements • Introduction • Task • Process • Evaluation • Conclusion • Teacher Page

  19. Break

  20. What Makes a WebQuest Good?

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

  22. Let's Try a WebQuest! Media Literacy: Persuasive Techniques

  23. Evaluating WebQuests • Essential Question • Linked to standards • Engaging • Sources • Roles • Product • Creativity • Assessment

  24. Using Rubric to Evaluate WebQuests • Farmers, Farmers Everywhere (Gr.3-5) • The Machine Called the Human Body (Gr 6-8) • Explore Egypt (Grade 6-8) • Supply Meets Demand (Grade 9-12)

  25. Lunch Time!

  26. Workshop Time Explore and Evaluate WebQuests

  27. Planning a WebQuest • Adapt an existing WebQuest – 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?

  28. Nancy’s Steps to Create a WebQuest • What real world task – real or imaginary – requires students to APPLY the knowledge & skills you want them know & be able to do? • Create the scenario/hook! • Develop an assessment aligned to your learning goals • Create the real-world roles for students • Write tasks for each role • Write Process – include links to resources • Write conclusion • Create teacher page

  29. Planning a WebQuest • PowerPoint Template – Content first! • Or Zunal • Design aspects • Testing!

  30. Creating Your Own WebQuest http://dgl.microsoft.com/

  31. Additional Resources http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm http://dgl.microsoft.com/

  32. Technology Tips How to use the PowerPoint Template & PowerPoint: Inserting • Graphics • Links • Files

  33. Workshop Time Creating/Adapting a WebQuest

  34. Sharing Your WebQuests

  35. Extended Credit? Put a star by your name on the sign-in sheet Absolute due date: August 1 Post on the wiki or email to Nancy eMail Nancy your self-evaluation of your WebQuest using the rubric

  36. Questions? nancy.white@asd20.org

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