WebQuest Example

Introduction

:)WebQuests are inquiry-oriented activities

  - some or all of the information comes from resources on the internet

 *optionally supplemented with videoconferencing 

—Short Term WebQuests

Knowledge acquisition and integration.

  -learner will have grappled with a significant amount of new information and     made sense of it.   -completed in one to three class periods.

Task

This is your chance to investigate something that interests you.

In this assignment you will create a WebQuest.

- Choose any topic that is applicable for your interests or area of study. Keep in mind this the assignment that you create for your ‘future students’ will be a short term Webquest.  Therefore, the students should be able to complete it in one to three class periods.

- We will build this WebQuest on createwebquest.com

Process

Step 1: Create a Free account

Step 2: Begin the process of creating a WebQuest

Give your WebQuest a Title.  This will be part of the URL in the future.

Step 3: Add content

This site lets you edit the sections of the quest as if you are typing into a word processor. 

Step 4: Share the WebQuest with your instructor

Copy and paste the URL of your WebQuest into a word document and use the appropriate D2L drop box to hand it in.

Include the sections (Introduction, Task, etc.) of the Webquest to receive 100%.

Good luck, happy exploring and creating.

  • For more information, read the paper, Some Thoughts About WebQuests (On D2L).  Not only will this paper define what a WebQuest is, but it lists the critical attributes to include in your work. 

Evaluation

SCORING RUBRIC FOR DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

 

Level of Achievement

General Approach

Comprehension

Exemplary

(5 pts)

•Addresses all the requirements of the assignment

•The project is relevant to a specific teaching objective or class.

•Uses appropriate style and grammar (no spelling or alignment errors).

•Demonstrates an accurate and complete understanding of the technology.

•Adds creativity to the assignment.

•Goes beyond the minimum.

Adequate

(4 pts)

•Meets the requirements of the assignment, although does so tangentially.

•The project is relevant for general application in a classroom.

•Uses acceptable style and grammar (1 error).

•Demonstrates accurate but only adequate understanding of technology.

•Uses the technology only as far as the instructor has explicitly described.

•Little creativity.

Needs Improvement

(3 pts)

•Does not address the requirements of the assignment
•Indicates misconceptions.

•Is not clearly or logically organized.

•Fails to use acceptable style and grammar (two or more errors).

•Does not demonstrate accurate understanding of the technology.

•Does not provide evidence of any creativity.

No Answer (0 pts)

 

 

 

Conclusion

You should now have a pretty good understanding of one Explore More topic or one issue related to that topic. You have truly written an exploration.

How do you think new research will change your issue? Can you see your topic changing as laws change or technologies develop?

Credits

In this assignment you created a WebQuest.

Remember that the assignment that you create for your ‘future students’.  Therefore, the students should be able to complete it in one to three class periods.

Teacher Page

[img_assist|nid=34656|title=sdf|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=150|height=154]Learning to design WebQuests is a process that should go from the simple and familiar to the more complex and new. That means starting within a single discipline and a short-term WebQuest and then moving up to longer and more interdisciplinary activities. Here are the recommended steps:

 

  1. The first stage for a teacher in learning to be a WebQuest designer is to become familiar with the resources available on-line in their own content area. You should look at WebQuests that others have made in your discipline area.
  2. The next step is to organize one's knowledge of what’s out there. Spending a few hours will guide a teacher in organizing the resources in their discipline into categories like searchable database, reference material, project ideas, etc.
  3. Following that, teachers should identify topics that in with their curriculum and for which there are appropriate materials on-line.