2. EDUC W200 Week 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.
3. EDUC W200 Week 2
Best Practice: Example Webquest
• Searching for China
• Black History Month
• Plant Power
4. EDUC W200 Week 2
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.
6. EDUC W200 Week 2
CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNING A WEBQUEST
Instructional
Strategy
Technology
Options
Content
• Templates
o Quest Garden
o Zunal.com
• Website building tools
o Google Sites
o Weebly
o Yola
• Others
o Google Docs
• Devising a task through
which students will meet the
learning goals.
• Providing appropriate
guidelines and resources
• Providing self-assessment
tools
• You can refer to the
academic standards
to guide yourself to
choose appropriate
topic for your target
learner
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.
