IPM TOOLS -

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IPM TOOLS -  FINDING INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGICAL
METHODS TO INTEGRATE WEB BASED TOOLS INTO
TEACHING AND LEARNING
WEBQUEST COURSE
Rita de Sáa , teacher of Secondary School
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What a webquest is?
Bernie Dodge, the creator of this format, says
that 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..."
provide the students with a definite task and
with the resources provide the students with the
skills they need to navigate.
WEBQUESTS
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Webquest goals
Motivation   Cooperative learning   The use of
ICT
IMPROVING
DEVELOPING THINKING SKILLS
Guarantying access to authentic and updated
information
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Types of webquest
designed to be completed in two or three lessons
The aim is to organize the information and
summarize it
designed to be completed between one week and a
month
The goal is to analyze a body of knowledge
deeply, to transform it and demonstrate an
understanding of the material by creating
something using an electronic tool presentation..
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WEBQUEST STEPS

• INTRODUCTION
• TASK
• PROCESS
• EVALUATION
• CONCLUSION
• TEACHER GUIDE

What they are going to do
Steps
Measure results
Summarize they are going to learn
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INTRODUCTION
Critical attribute 1
Teacher should communicate the BIG
QUESTION that the whole webquest is centered
around
The scenario involved should be showed
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TASK
Critical attribute 2
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PROCESS
Critical attribute 3

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Assign the student to a team
Pick a role for each small group/individual
student.  Give to students guide lines concept
maps, summary tables, charts... Give the students
the resources (links to get information) they
need to carry out each step of the process
the Web sites students will use to complete
the task  
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EVALUATION
Critical attribute 4

• The best assessment tool is to make an evaluation
  rubric
• individual work rubric
• Group work rubric

Rubric evaluation from The Webquest Page, by
Bernie Dodge Criteria for Assessing Best
WebQuests by Tom March
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CONCLUSION
Critical attribute 5
Teachers summarize for the students what they
will have learnt when they have accomplished the
whole process.
Teachers should encourage students to be on
researching on this topic or similar else
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Teacher's Guide
Main aim
Conected with webquest goals
Conected with the topic of the webquest
Learning aim
Interdisplinary project/single area
List subject areas
Grade level
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CREATING A WEBQUEST
HOW TO BEGIN?
Students level Previus skills

• Contents we want students learn
• Materials
• Motivation

CONSIDERER
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CREDITS
Most of the information on this
presentation has been got from The WebQuest
Page edited by Bernie Dodge. Webquest
templates About best Webquest , by Tomas
March Webquest slides
Development guide Why WebQuests? , by Tom
March Evaluation rubrics
http//www.ozline.com/webquests/rubric.html
http//webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/TL/mywebques
t/index.htm Webquest design patterns
Webquest examples http//www2.mcps.k12.md.u
s/schools/sligoms/Kornrich/welcome.htm http//kath
yschrock.net/webquests/TOBOJKA/index.htm http//ww
w.thematzats.com/radio/ http//www.educanet.ch/hom
e/ropoerio/index.htm RESOURCES