MODULE
FOUR

What are the elements of a WebQuest? How do I choose a task that engages higher level thinking?

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Participants' Email List

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Principles
The What's and Why's
Procedures
The How-To's
Practice
Learning by Doing

Sharing our progress
(ASSIGNED GROUP LOCATION)

Share the Inspiration visual organizer for your topic with your subject area group.

Building Blocks for WebQuests
(ASSIGNED GROUP LOCATION)


Explore the examples of each part of the WebQuest.

Shaping your task

Keep these elements in mind as you develop your topic/tasks.
Topic/Task Scoring Sheet

WebQuest Design Process ~ Creating Your WebQuest

Review this information and discuss in small groups.
Creating Your WebQuest

 

Using the WebQuest Templates
(ASSIGNED GROUP LOCATION)

Grabbing Web Pages

Student WebQuest Template

Teacher WebQuest Template

Download both templates and begin to work on the Introduction, Task and Resources.

Engaging Higher-Level Thinking Skills
(ASSIGNED GROUP LOCATION)

Topic/Task Scoring Sheet


Score your own and then join another group and score each other's.(Assignment)

Organizing Files
(ASSIGNED GROUP LOCATION)

Naming Your Files for the Web

Organizing Your Files

Create a project folder, an image folder within it, and place your student and teacher WebQuest files inside the project folder.

Assignment List
Place all assignments in your portfolio in the library.


Portfolio Checklist


WEEK 1

  • Monday~ WebQuest about WebQuests Worksheet ~WebQuest About WebQuests
  • Monday~ Becoming a Power Searcher activity ~ Alta Vista Searching Exercise
  • Tuesday ~ Print your scored responses from the Searching Self-Test ~ Searching Self-Test
  • Tuesday ~ Profiler Surveys (Basic Skills Checklist and Integrating Technology Skills Profile) ~ Profiler
  • Wednesday ~ Hotlist Draft (printed list - not on disk)
  • Thursday ~ WebQuest Topic Proposal ~ Project Idea Template
  • Thursday ~ Complete an e-mail class ~ Schedule
  • Friday ~ Hotlist complete (turn in on disk in Claris Home Page format)
WEEK 2
  • Monday ~ Inspiration visual organizer for your topic (printed copy)
  • Tuesday ~ Topic Task Scoring Worksheet ~ Topic/Task Scoring Sheet for your WebQuest

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Adapted from San Diego Unified School District Triton/Patterns Project Summer '98