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WebQuests: 

WebQuests Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The Royal Commission at Yanbu Yanbu University College Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah x Applied linguistics Department Educational Technology EDU 401-111 2011-2012 Dr. Hala Fawzi

Objectives: 

Objectives What are they? Who? Why? Why not? How?

What is a WebQuest?: 

What is a WebQuest? A WebQuest is "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet." --Bernie Dodge and Tom March

What is a WebQuest?: 

http://www.teacherweb.com/IN/PNC/Cassady/index.html What is a WebQuest?

What are the elements of a WebQuest?: 

What are the elements of a WebQuest?

Long and short tasks: 

Long and short tasks simple, short-term, and direct (ordering a meal from an on-line menu) long-term (planning a semester abroad at a university in the target culture).

How can Webquests be used?: 

How can Webquests be used? Individually In teams As an assessment tool

WebQuest and Project-based Learning: : 

WebQuest and Project-based Learning: Project Based Learning is an instructional approach built upon authentic learning activities that engage student interest and motivation. These tasks are designed to: answer a question or solve a problem and g enerally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom. It engages students in learning essential knowledge through an extended, student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks.

Advantages: 

Advantages make good use of the internet while engaging students in the kinds of thinking that the 21st century requires. allow students a different way to learn, find information for themselves. used in any classroom for any subject, in elementary schools or college allow students to complete an assignment without help from the teacher a strategy for effectively integrating the Web into classroom instruction.

Disadvantages: 

Disadvantages Can you think of any?

Conclusion: 

Conclusion Watch these 3 videos to sum up what you have learnt today!

Further exploration-Must to: 

Further exploration-Must to A WebQuest for K-12 Teachers utilizing the WebGuide Template - Internet4Classrooms version - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson_plan_quest.htm The most complete and current source of information about the WebQuest Model. http://webquest.org/index.php Building Blocksof a WebQuest http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm 4. Characteristics of a Good Webquest ? Read here: http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-c.shtml 5. Explore few examples: Kathy Schrock'sWebQuest Archives http://kathyschrock.net/webquests/index.htm Homophones,Homographs , Homonyms http://questgarden.com/99/12/0/100323185501/t-index.htm 6. The WebQuest Design Process 7. WebQuest Templates http://webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/lessontemplate1.html 8. WebQuest Templates http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/mywebquest/index.htm WebQuest Template - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson-template.htm

Assignment 5-Part 1 : 

Assignment 5-Part 1 Read Robert Godwin-Jones “EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: Language in Action: From Webquests to Virtual Realities” (uploaded to Files in the YG) After reading, go over the resources and references in this PPT and spend sometime exploring the links provided. Reflect about WebQuests in a blog post entitled” The role of WeQuests in learning a foreign/second language?” Reflect with reference to: Critical thinking. Student-oriented activities. Knowledge based on enquiry-oriented language use Cooperative and collaborative learning. Project-based Learning . ( Optional. For extra credit)

References : 

References What Can WebQuest Do For You? http://medt3401.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-can-webquest-do-for-you.html Everything WebQuest! http://tommarch.com/learning/index.php The WeQquests in our future: the teacher’s role in cyberspace http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html WebQuest Resource Page http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/webquests.htm#ESL_Web_Quests