Transcript WebQuesting for Lenape High School Social Studies

WebQuesting
Presented by
Sharon Lavinson
ETTC of Burlington
PowerPoint by Alysa Cummings
What is a WebQuest?
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“An inquiry-oriented activity in which
some or all of the information that
students interact with, comes from
resources on the Internet.”
-Bernie Dodge
& Tom March
San Diego State University
Tell me again…this time in
English, OK?
What’s a WebQuest?
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Six part lesson plan
Short term or longer term learning
objectives
Supports cooperative learning
Lends itself to interdisciplinary learning,
critical and creative thinking skills
Integrates technology tools
Maybe it would be helpful to
look at an example or two...
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King Tutankhamun/ Was It Murder?
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A Tale to be Told
Hmmm…how about we break
it down into parts now?
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Introduction (Orients the learner)
Task
(Sets learner outcomes)
Process
(Steps in the learning)
Information sources (Where the info is)
Evaluation
(Measure of results)
Conclusion
(Closure for learner)
http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/web
_quest/
Very interesting…show me
more
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Create a Travel Brochure
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STD/STI Webquest
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Drivers Education Webquest
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Company Expansion
Two different paths
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Use an existing
WebQuest already
posted on the
Internet.
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Design your own
WebQuest to suit
your needs.
Which path will you
choose?
How do you find great
WebQuests online?
Visit the ETTC website
ettc.lrhsd.org/
Check out our WebQuest page under Greatest Hits
 TeAch-nology - The Art and Science of Teaching
with Technology®
http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/web_ques
t/
 Use the Google search engine
www.google.com
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How does Google work?
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Search one word: webquest
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Search a phrase:
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“civil war”
Create a boolean query:
“civil war” + webquest
ettc.lrhsd.org/
Sharon Lavinson
(609) 265-2240
[email protected]