2. WHAT IS A WEBQUEST?
• In short… Webquest is “an inquiry-oriented lesson for
individual learning in which most or all the information that
learners work with comes from the web. ”
o Teachers will give a task to students to work on either
individually or as a group.
o Teachers will provide information and appropriate
resources needed to accomplish that task.
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3. Best Practice: Example Webquest
• Searching for China
• Black History Month
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4. WHY WEBQUESTS?
• Webquests allow:
• students to learn at their own pace and on their own (but
all students learn the same content),
• teachers to be free from the role of presenter,
• teachers to give individual assistance to those in need.
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6. CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNING A WEBQUEST
• Devising a task through
which students will meet the
learning goals.
Instructional • Providing appropriate
guidelines and resources
• You can refer to the Strategy • Providing self-assessment
academic standards tools
to guide yourself to
choose appropriate
topic for your target • Templates
learner o Quest Garden
Technology o Zunal.com
Content Options
• Website building tools
o Google Sites
o Weebly
o Yola
• Others
o Google Docs
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Editor's Notes
To help us meet the standards using technology…Enter WebQuests.
Draw attention in particular to how the introduction and task motivate the students. Also, note that the process page is detailed and does not link to worksheets or long drawn out texts without specific instructions.
Students have different levels of prior knowledge, understanding, and intellectual capability. With all the talk on NCLB, we need to make sure every single student in your class learns what a standard entails.
