Webquest--create your own
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember.
I do and I understand."
-- Confucius
"A WebQuest," according to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept, "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 use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than on looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.shtml
After completing a webquest a student should have in depth knowledge about the topic and be able to answer all these questions about the event or person:
Who was involved? What happened? Why did this happen? Contributing factors? Why is this topic significant? Where did this occur? When?
Examples of webquests:
Anthem: A Utopian Society
Never Again!- Again?
Shakespeare Land
The Crucible and McCarthyism
These webquests involve major projects as the final product. You will be doing a reformed version. Choose several websites and write 3-4 questions for each website. Choose interactive websites: pictures, primary sources, videos, etc. The students should be required to read and think for themselves to answer the questions. (No cut and paste answers)
Use open ended questions that require at least several sentences to answer. Higher order questions require one to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate. Some examples are: What are the causes of ...., How does..., Compare/contrast with... , How might you defend..., What evidence..., What solutions would you suggest..., What could you infer from..., What if..., What do you think about..., Do you agree that..., What is the most important..
Interactive Web sites
http://www.beforetheboycott.com/eLearning/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/mainmap.htm
http://rg.bcri.org/gallery/
Create your webquest in Google Docs. Log in to the the class generic gmail account and find your group document.
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember.
I do and I understand."
-- Confucius
"A WebQuest," according to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept, "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 use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than on looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation."
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.shtml
After completing a webquest a student should have in depth knowledge about the topic and be able to answer all these questions about the event or person:
Who was involved? What happened? Why did this happen? Contributing factors? Why is this topic significant? Where did this occur? When?
Examples of webquests:
Anthem: A Utopian Society
Never Again!- Again?
Shakespeare Land
The Crucible and McCarthyism
These webquests involve major projects as the final product. You will be doing a reformed version. Choose several websites and write 3-4 questions for each website. Choose interactive websites: pictures, primary sources, videos, etc. The students should be required to read and think for themselves to answer the questions. (No cut and paste answers)
Use open ended questions that require at least several sentences to answer. Higher order questions require one to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate. Some examples are: What are the causes of ...., How does..., Compare/contrast with... , How might you defend..., What evidence..., What solutions would you suggest..., What could you infer from..., What if..., What do you think about..., Do you agree that..., What is the most important..
Interactive Web sites
http://www.beforetheboycott.com/eLearning/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/mainmap.htm
http://rg.bcri.org/gallery/
Create your webquest in Google Docs. Log in to the the class generic gmail account and find your group document.