WebQuests

__**Introduction**__
 * WebQuests**
 * ==An inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by students is online. By providing links necessary to complete the quest, the student is able to focus on the material rather than spend time looking for it. The five-part WebQuest (Introduction, Task, Resources, Process, Evaluation, and Conclusion) promotes critical thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.== || [[image:celia:Webquest-Page_transparent.gif width="253" height="253"]] ||

[|What is a WebQuest?] [[|PowerPoint]] [|Building Blocks of a WebQuest]

[|Bernie Dodge's Taxonomy of Tasks] [|Finding Four-Soaring Higher with WebQuests]


 * __Creating WebQuests__**

[|QuestGarden] [|PowerPoint Template] [|WebQuests 101] [|MyUEN webpage] -- use the __Web Activity__, or __Curriculum Web Page__ tools at the bottom of the page (//after you are logged in//) to create a webquest that is available to students. [|Web Quest Generator] -- allows you to create the links and handouts for a webquest.

__**I****TOO Technique**__

[|ITOO Form]

"Scaffolding is a temporary structure which provides help at specific points in the learning process. It allows learners to complete a challenging task, which they would not be able to accomplish without help."~Bernie Dodge. As a constructivist teacher you should orchestrate learning from a variety of inputs. Students should transform information from inputs into an output.

1. Outcome-What should they know and understand? 2. Outputs-What will they produce? [|Production Scaffolding] 3. Thinking-Use 21st Century Skills and Rolls. [|Transformation Scaffolding] 4. Input-Websites that the students would use. [|Reception Scaffolding] 5. Carousel Feedback with a neighbor - explain your ITOO!

[|New and revised Bloom's Taxonomy]


 * WebQuest Rubric** and __**Evaluating WebQuests**__

eMINTS Webquest Collection:http://www.emints.org/webquest/ PowerPoint Rubric [| thewebquestrubric_dc.ppt] Rubric: http://www.emints.org/webquest/rubric.shtml


 * __Finding WebQuests__**
 * [|Eduscapes] || [|Language Arts WebQuests] || [|Wequests and Resources for Teachers] ||
 * [|High School WebQuests] || [|QuestGarden] || [|More High School WebQuests] ||
 * [|StudyWeb WebQuests] || [|Middle School WebQuests] || [|Infusion High School WebQuests] ||
 * [|UHS WebQuests] || [|Richmond Projects] || [|EMints Teacher WebQuests] ||
 * [|EMints Area 2 WebQuests] || [|Wise Owl WebQuests] || [|webquest.myedesk.org] ||
 * [|Bernie Dodge's WebQuest Page] ||  ||   ||