Using+Webquests

Marcia V. Lyles, Ed.D., Deputy Chancellor for Teaching and Learning Troy Fischer, Director of Instructional Technology

Barbara Feaster, Brooklyn Borough Director of Instructional Technology 131 Livingston St, Room 507 • Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone 718.935-4275 • E-mail bfeaster@schools.nyc.gov

Valrie Edwards, Brooklyn Borough Asst. Director of Instructional Technology Julet Barton, Brooklyn Borough Asst. Director of Instructional Technology

Facilitator - Kim Adams Borough Instructional Technology Specialist
===Professional Development - Thursday, June 5th, 2008

iLearn: Using Webquests ===

===Agenda

Introductions

What is a Webquest?

Looking at Model Webquests

Creating Your Own Webquest

Using Nettrekker

Questions and Answers

Additional Information www.oit.nycenet.edu

Presenter: Kim Adams Borough Technology Instructional Specialist kadams@schools.nyc.gov

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[|Sample Webquests]

[|Sample Webquests]



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The Introduction
Put the Title of the Lesson Here A WebQuest for xth Grade (Put Subject Here)

Designed by

Put Your Name Here Put Your E-mail Address Here

Put some interesting graphic representing the content here

Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

The Task
Describe crisply and clearly what the end result of the learners' activities will be. The task could be a:

problem or mystery to be solved; position to be formulated and defended; product to be designed; complexity to be analyzed; personal insight to be articulated; summary to be created; persuasive message or journalistic account to be crafted; a creative work, or anything that requires the learners to process and transform the information they've gathered. If the final product involves using some tool (e.g., HyperStudio, the Web, video), mention it here.

Don't list the steps that students will go through to get to the end point. That belongs in the Process section.

The Process
To accomplish the task, what steps should the learners go through? Use the numbered list format in your web editor to automatically number the steps in the procedure. Describing this section well will help other teachers to see how your lesson flows and how they might adapt it for their own use, so the more detail and care you put into this, the better. Remember that this whole document is addressed to the student, however, so describe the steps using the second person.

First you'll be assigned to a team of 3 students... Once you've picked a role to play.... ... and so on. Learners will access the on-line resources that you've identifed as they go through the Process. You may have a set of links that everyone looks at as a way of developing background information, or not. If you break learners into groups, embed the links that each group will look at within the description of that stage of the process. (Note, this is a change from the older WebQuest templates which included a separate Resources section. It's now clear that the resources belong in the Process section rather than alone.)

In the Process block, you might also provide some guidance on how to organize the information gathered. This advice could suggestions to use flowcharts, summary tables, concept maps, or other organizing structures. The advice could also take the form of a checklist of questions to analyze the information with, or things to notice or think about. If you have identified or prepared guide documents on the Web that cover specific skills needed for this lesson (e.g. how to brainstorm, how to prepare to interview an expert), link them to this section.

Evaluation
Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score

Conclusion
Put a couple of sentences here that summarize what they will have accomplished or learned by completing this activity or lesson. You might also include some rhetorical questions or additional links to encourage them to extend their thinking into other content beyond this lesson.

Teacher's Page
Put the Title of the Lesson Here A WebQuest for xth Grade (Put Subject Here)

Designed by

Put Your Name Here Put Your E-mail Address Here

Put some interesting graphic representing the content here

Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

===__Credits & References__===

List here the sources of any images, music or text that you're using. Provide links back to the original source. Say thanks to anyone who provided resources or help.

List any books and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.

Include a link back to The WebQuest Page so that others can acquire the latest version of this template and training materials.

Resources
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