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WebQuest
- 1. WebQuest Hayley Power andJames Clulow
- 2. In this presentation… •What is a WebQuest? • What are the advantages to Students? • What are the advantages to Teachers? • What are the disadvantages to Students? • What are the disadvantages to Teachers?
- 3. What is aWebQuest?
- 4. Wait. What isit? • Think of it as an online Amazing Race. • Students go to a website, find out what tasks they need to complete, then search the web to finish them! • Teachers can provide hyperlinks to direct the students to the right pages
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- 6. Advantages to Students •Can use at home • Every WebQuest has a similar structure- familiar! • Websites are pre-selected • Well explained, the students know what they have to do • Allows students to answer questions, from their own views • Go at their own speed, there is no rush • It’s different! It’s fun!
- 7. Advantages to Teachers •Easy to create • Can be adapted to suit any subject or topic • Suitable for all levels of learning • Can be used as individual or group work • Easy to fit variety of outcomes, in one task
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- 9. Disadvantages to Students •Could get boring, just reading and then answering questions • Easy to get distracted when using the web- FACEBOOK! • Inflexible structure • Access- slow internet or NO internet! • Some websites have a lot of content- hard to take in!
- 10. Disadvantages to Teachers •Takes time to create • YOU need to find the appropriate websites for the students- time consuming • Focused on Web resources, leaving out other possible resources • Broken links- taken off the internet • Loss of face-to-face learning • If done at home, teacher cannot monitor student progress
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