Designing a WebQuest Thats Right for You

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Designing a WebQuest Thats Right for You!

• Patty Sarkady
• Applied Arts Department Chair
• Riverside Brookfield High School
• sarkadyp_at_rbhs208.org
• 708.442.7500 x 361

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Definition

• 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, creator of the WebQuest model

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Bernie Dodge

• Professor of educational technology at San
  Diego State University
• Created the model in the mid 1990s
• Author of several teachers technology tools and
  student software packages

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Examples of WebQuests

• Searching for China
• TEAM
• The Oceans in Trouble
• PARTNER
• The Half-Time Surprise
• INDIVIDUAL

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Components of a WebQuest

• Introduction
• Task
• Resources

• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion

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Tasks

• Consensus Building
• Persuasion
• Self-knowledge
• Analytical
• Scientific

• Retelling
• Compilation
• Mystery
• Journalistic
• Creative Product

- Bernie Dodge, http//webquest.sds
u.edu/taskonomy.html
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Components of a WebQuest

• Introduction
• Task
• Resources

• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion

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What do I do first?

• Decide whether a WebQuest is the appropriate
  format for your lesson
• Create the learning goals for your lesson
• Describe how your students will be evaluated
• Design the task and process that students will
  undertake to accomplish your learning goals

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Im ready to create it!

• Organize the 6 components
• Use a template to help you get started
• Building Blocks of a WebQuest (Framed Version)
• Bernie Dodges Road Map for Designing WebQuests
• Traditional (Non Framed Version)

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How do I publish it?

• Create it with a program like Microsoft
  FrontPage, PowerPoint, or Word.
• Work with your Tech Guru
• Zunal.com
• Add it to WebQuest.org

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Resources for your WebQuest

• The ultimate resource for educators
• http//webquest.org/index.php
• WebQuest templates
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
• Thorough explanation/example of components of a
  WebQuest
• http//projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/building
  blocks/p-index.htm

• Rubric for evaluating WebQuests
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html

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Technology Standards

• WebQuests address many of the The National
  Education Technology Standards developed by ISTE
  and the American Association of School Librarians
  Information Literacy Standards.

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WebQuests

• Questions Ideas Suggestions