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Wonderful World of Webquests
The document discusses using webquests and performance-based tasks to meet Common Core State Standards. It describes how webquests can provide structured online research opportunities for students and notes they should include a roadmap of websites, a task sheet, and a requirement for students to present their findings. The document also shares examples of websites like Questgarden and Zunal that can be used to create webquests and provides resources on inquiry-based learning and designing effective webquests. Participants will complete a sample "Webquest on Webquests" and share their results online.
Wonderful World of Webquests
- 2. Wonderful World ofWebquests Kristen Wheat & Kimberly Massengale
- 3. Our Purpose Today… DiscussCCSS Performance Tasks Describe Performance-Based Tasks and Webquests Complete a “Webquest on Webquests” Post your findings on Today’s Meet Decide what makes a Webquest effective Debrief and complete session survey
- 4. CCSS & PerformanceTasks As part of the CCSS Assessment, students in grades 3-12 will complete up to 5 performance tasks each year. measure understanding, research skills, analysis, and the ability to provide relevant evidence measure complex assessment targets demonstrate ability to think and reason require higher-order thinking skills allow for multiple approaches for collecting evidence of a student’s knowledge and abilities use real-world contexts integrate knowledge and skills require students to plan, write, edit, and revise their results
- 5. What does thislook like? • Student-Guided Discoveries – teacher becomes the “Guide on the Side” • Inquiry is built into daily plan- "Inquiry" is defined as "a seeking for truth, information, or knowledge -- seeking information by questioning and synthesizing information." • Training of students in Performance-based Tasks like …WEBQUESTS
- 6. What is aWebquest? • A webquest is an assignment which asks students to use the World Wide Web to learn about and/or synthesize their knowledge on a specific topic • A “true” webquest, as originally designed by Bernie Dodge and Tom March, requires synthesis of the new knowledge by accomplishing a “task,” often to solve a hypothetical problem or address a real-world issue Webquest 101 http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml
- 7. What is aWebquest? • Simpler web activities designed for students to investigate and collect new knowledge from web-based sources can also be a more engaging and effective replacement for read-the-chapter-and-complete-the-review-questions. • The quality of your webquest depends on the ideas and thought that go into it more than on flashy presentation technologies. It’s easy to create a mediocre webquest, and it’s far more difficult to create a quest that really works well. Webquest 101 http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml
- 8. A Research “Quest” An easy way to create a structured research opportunity for student-guided inquiry is to create a Webquest using Educator Pages Pros: You can create pages for FREE Cons: You will start from scratch and have no on-site guidance
- 9. A True Webquestcontains… • A "road map." This is the list of web sites or locations which you want your students to visit. This section should include an introduction which explains the purpose of the webquest and the object of the search, hunt, or other "hook" that you’ve built into your quest. Webquest 101 http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml
- 10. A True Webquestcontains… • A task sheet. Depending on the structure of your quest, this sheet could be a rubric, answer sheet, or even a list of clues. Regardless of the precise structure, however, this sheet is used to record the results of the quest. There may be one sheet per student or one per group, depending on how you want students to complete the assignment. Webquest 101 http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml
- 11. A True Webquestcontains… • A summary presentation. Good webquests require students to show what they have learned. Remember that the web is a multimedia tool, and if you can allow students a wide range of flexibility in presenting their findings, you will carry this approach back into the classroom long after the computers are turned off. • This is where inquiry and Performance-Based Tasks play an important role
- 12. Webquest on Webquests YourTask: -Work with your team to complete Your role in the “Webquest on Webquests” -Once you have completed the quest, you will respond to the questions on “Today’s Meet” www.todaysmeet.com/2013meca
- 13. Let’s Explore… Where do we begin? Choose your task and Standards then choose a platform…such as… Questgarden.com or zunal.com meca2013 webquest
- 14. Spark Learning SolutionsLLC www.providingthespark.com Click on the “members” tab and complete the Meca 2013 Survey Thank you for participating!!
- 15. Resources Inquiry-- http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html Webquest 101— http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml Webquest VideoSeries-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyht-ehlAWY