Production of WebQuests

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Production of WebQuests

• The First Step

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Developing vs doing a WebQuest

• Define a problem
• Develop questions
• Search for and evaluate resources
• Design a site with an audience in mind
• Work on a team for project creation
• Synthesize information
• Apply logical thinking
• Consider and accept multiple possible solutions

• Respond to a problem
• Respond to questions
• Evaluate information within pre-selected
  resources
• Navigate within a site
• Work on a team for problem solution
• Synthesize information
• Apply logical thinking
• Arrive at a possible solution to the problem

Jonassen, D. H., Howland, J., Moore, J. Marra,
R. M. (2002). Learning to solve problems with
technology A constructivist perspective. New
York Prentice Hall. p.48
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Webpage Production

• Download the template at
• English version http//www3.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/ited
  /webquest/webquesttemp/
• Chinese version http//www3.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/ited/
  webquest/webquesttempchi/
• Modify the content
• Upload to Learning Community by using FTP

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Web Design Process

• Building Blocks of a WebQuest http//projects.edte
  ch.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
• 10 Deadly Website Sins http//www.sitepoint.com/ar
  ticle/deadly-web-site-sins

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Creating a WebQuest
http//www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.HTM
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Planning a WebQuest
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Selecting a Topic

• The WebQuest should
• be tied to local, state or national curriculum
  standards
• replace a lesson that you're not totally
  satisfied with
• make good use of the Web
• require a degree of understanding that goes
  beyond mere comprehension.

http//webquest.sdsu.edu/project-selection.html
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Select A Topic
http//webquest.sdsu.edu/project-selection.html
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The Idea Machine

• http//www.ozline.com/learning/machine.html

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End of First Step

• Continued with
• The Task