Teaching Tool: WebQuests
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of
the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests
are designed to focus on using information rather than looking for
it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation. The model was developed in early 1995
at San Diego State University.
The trick is in the task. Start with a good inquiry based task
that has open ended questions, using clear learning objectives.
Learners produce their own website or simple webpage that includes
a quiz to encourage collaboration among learners. Children make
them for other children!!
The WebQuest
Bernie Dodge
, San Diego State University
This site is designed for those interested in integrating the
Internet in to the curriculum. It provides information about and
sample plans for using WebQuests. Related link "
Some Thoughts About WebQuests
"
Tom March says
Technology Integration or Thinking Integration
About Rubrics
WebQuests created by Graduate Students
from the University of Virginia. Elementary ~ Middle School ~ High
School ~ Professional ~ Electives ~ English ~ Language Arts ~ Math
~ Science ~ Social Science
webquests, educational, teaching tool
FIND WebQuests:
ELEMENTARY
MIDDLE SCHOOL
RESPONSIBLE, ARTISTS, ATHLETES WHO SUPPORT EDUCATION
Have a Message For Your Children.
Let your class use the computer for this! Let Them Build a Web
Quest. Children will Build a Web Quest for their favorite Artists
and Athletes who support education.
You really need to check these out!
STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF MOTOWN
FAMOUS STARS - Webquests
OLYMPIC SNOWBOARDER GRETCHEN BLEILER WEBQUEST
AND
Online Curriculum Black History Month All Year Long
HIGH SCHOOL
Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.org/Follow the wanderings of Odysseus, the travels of Candide, or the journey of the Joads, among others. This site uses Google Earth technology to locate fiction and nonfiction in real places.
Teaching Tool for Music WebQuests:
Mozart Effect
Task: take the role of parent, teacher or doctor and find out how
classical music affects children. Students find out about the
research by musicians and scientists.
Teaching Tool for Math WebQuests:
The Math-Science Quest for Solutions Puzzles about mathematics
are initially being offered to teachers of math and science in
elementary, middle, and high schools around the world for use in
conducting weekly research experiences with their students. These
weekly research investigations are designed to be part of a
monthly tournament by research teams of students on problems at
three levels of complexity: Elementary, Intermediate, and
Advanced. The complexity is determined by the operation signs that
are used in Solutions.
For Teachers
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For individuals
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Teaching Tool for Art WebQuests:
ArtiFAQ 2100
is designed to predict how art will influence our lives in the
next hundred years. Through probing past inspirations and
scientific methods students can use available data to make
reasonable predictions for the future.
by 10th and 11th Graders Supervised by Teacher Steve Feld
Learning about Leonardo also by Steve Feld