Webquest

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How to design and use a Webquest

What you will learn through this multimedia presentation: 

What you will learn through this multimedia presentation This PowerPoint presentation explains to educators how to set up a Webquest in their classroom. It conveys what a Webquest is and explains the steps teachers will take to create a Webquest for a student-centered learning experience in the classroom. This slide show also includes some examples of different Webquest for a variety of grade levels.

What is a Webquest?: 

What is a Webquest? Bernie Dodge and Tom March created the Webquest Model in 1995. A Webquest is an inquiry based and a student-centered project where information used by learners is drawn from the web. Most Webquests include links to sites that help students research and learn about a specific topic. A Webquest is literally a quest on the web. A Webquest can be created on the Web or it can be created on paper.

Integration into the classroom: 

Integration into the classroom This is a exciting way that classrooms can focus on using the information that they find on the Web. Students utilize the internet and computers in an engaging learning experience. Students will use the internet to find and answer questions to different activities teachers have created. Students will use the computer to explore, research, analyze, and synthesize information from the Web to complete desired activities to learn more about a topic or subject.

What is in a webquest?: 

What is in a webquest? A Webquest is made up of many parts. Most Webquest include these key elements: *overview *introduction *a list of tasks *step by step process *web site resources *evaluation *conclusion

Creating a Webquest: 

Creating a Webquest Decide on a topic Evaluate the learners Create an introduction Find a list of resources Create the processes and steps for completion Write the conclusion Create the evaluation Review your work

Deciding on a topic: 

Deciding on a topic Standards Based – the Webquest should align with the Standard Course of Study for the grade level or subject area. Desired Learning outcomes for the students. Questions and Answers for the Webquest.

Evaluating the learners: 

Evaluating the learners Before starting a project teachers first find out what students already know about the concept being taught. It is important to not only know what students know about the specific topic of the Webquest but also what they know about computers and the internet. A lesson on using the internet to complete a Webquest might need to be a pre-activity to the project.

Questions to ask during Evaluating Students: 

Questions to ask during Evaluating Students What do they already know about the topic? What do they know how to do? What will interest them?

Creating an Overview: 

Creating an Overview Clarify when the Webquest was made. Who the webquest is intended for. What goals from the Standard Course of Study will the Webquest meet.

Creating an introduction: 

Creating an introduction How are you going to hook them and reel them in? Introduce the concept being taught. Start off with an exciting paragraph to get students motivated.

The Importance of Motivation: 

The Importance of Motivation It is important to get students excited about learning. Research shows that students get more out of a learning experience if they are motivated. If students are motivated then they will intern be more likely to be engaged in the Webquest.

Types of Resources: 

Types of Resources Have a variety of resources for students to use. What print resources are available? What websites are available?

Making sure the resources are appropriate: 

Making sure the resources are appropriate When research is involved in student learning it is important that teachers research appropriate resources. These sources should align with the task and activities assigned through the Webquest and should allow students to successfully complete the task at hand. The resources that the teacher selects for the Webquest should also be student friendly and contain accurate information on the topic.

Create the processes : 

Create the processes Are the steps clear and concise? Are students completing the task by themselves, as partners, or as a group?

Making the Conclusion: 

Making the Conclusion The conclusion should give some closure on the project and give students an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned. This is a time where teachers can get student feedback so that they can better evaluate the project and make any changes if necessary.

Questions to be answered in writing the conclusion: 

Questions to be answered in writing the conclusion What have they learned? What are some extensions? Students can reflect on the Webquest and what they have accomplished.

Create the evaluation: 

Create the evaluation Make authentic rubrics. Determine what the students will be graded on. Decide how you will grade the students if they work in partners or in a group to complete the Webquest.

Review your work: 

Review your work Before giving students the Webquest to complete check your work for spelling, check links to make sure they work, and have a peer to review the Webquest. After the project reflect on the experience and how you can change and improve it for next time.

What students will do: 

What students will do There are a variety of steps and processes a student might go through to complete a certain Webquest. They must follow the directions step by step. Many directions in Webquest ask them to print off material, click on links to find information, and then use that information to complete the assigned activities.

Important information for students: 

Important information for students Students are allowed to work at their own pace. They are free to explore selected areas more in depth, but they must remain within the limits and sites that the teacher has selected for them. Students should not surf from one site to another. Instead they will become creative researchers. The rules and boundaries should be clarified to the students. A Webquest is a exciting learning experience!

Why are Webquest helpful?: 

Why are Webquest helpful? After completing a webquest: Students know more information about the webquest topic. Students will have done exciting research on the Web to help them complete different assignments.

Webquest examples: 

Webquest examples Here are three examples of Webquest that accompanies a variety of different grade levels. They all have the same eight steps: an overview, introduction, questions, processes, resources, evaluation, and conclusions. The first one is titled The Fate of the Rainforest and it is designed for upper elementary students. The second Webquest is titled The Eye of the Storm and it is for grades 4-8. The third and final Webquest is about endangered animals and is titled The Northern Spotted Owl Debate. It is designed as a fourth grade science Webquest.

Links to examples of Webquest: 

Links to examples of Webquest http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/Rainforests/index.htm http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/weather/index.htm http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/endangeredanimals/endangered.htm

Works Cited Page: 

Works Cited Page These are the sites that I used to research Webquest and how they are set up and used in the classroom. They include helpful sites to inform educators about Webquest, online articles about Webquest, and a variety of examples of Webquest. http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml http://www.bonniebruno.com/webquests.htm