EDU221WebQuestIntroduction

What's a WebQuest?
http://webquest.org/index.php (scroll down to "What is a WebQuest")

What are the components of a WebQuest?
This webpage is actually a template that you could use to make your WebQuest. Whether you use it or not, it gives great ideas for what the components are and what could/should be included in each. http://webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/lesson-template1.htm

What makes a good task?
According to Bernie Dodge, inventor of the WebQuest model, "The task is the single most important part of a WebQuest. It provides a goal and focus for student energies and it makes concrete the curricular intentions of the designer. A well designed task is doable and engaging, and elicits thinking in learners that goes beyond rote comprehension."

Let's look at the various types of tasks and how to make them work for you**.** We'll divide into teams and explore each type: retelling, compilation, mystery, journalistic, design, creative product, consensus building, persusasion, self-knowledge, and analytical http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html

What makes a good WebQuest?
Look through the WebQuests below. Evaluate the content using this page:

Pick 2 from this list to evaluate.
 * 1) [|Nuclear Fusion? Not in My Backyard!>]
 * 2) [|Wheels and Deals]
 * 3) [|Build Your Dream Home]
 * 4) [|Food Flight Cafe]
 * 5) [|The Castle of Otranto]
 * 6) [|Fitness Webquest]
 * 7) [|Gettysburg]
 * 8) [|The First Battle of Manassas]

Then find 3 in your concentration to evaluate. Focus on your unit topic if possible. You may have to branch out to a different grade level or a slightly different topic and then modify it to fit your topic.

We will start this in class. You will finish it for homework. Bring your completed evaluation forms to the next class.