WebQuests (ICT Integration)

Module 1 - Instructions for Group Members

Click on the below group member to read his/her instructions

Group Member 1

By the end of this task you should have answers to the following questions:

What is a WebQuest?
Who developed WebQuests?
Who uses WebQuests and in what circumstances?
What are the unique features of a WebQuest - outstanding features that enhance the quality of learning?

» About WebQuests (just read the text, do not click on links)
» WebQuest Sends Students Back in Time (read and click on the link in the second paragraph)
» Building Blocks for WebQuests

Group Member 2

By the end of this task you should have answers to the following questions:

On what learning theories are WebQuests based?
What is the nature of learning in which the learners are engaged when participating in a WebQuest?
What thinking skills are typically developed during participation in a WebQuest?
Use Bloom's taxonomy and try to find examples of how a few specific thinking skills are developed in a specific WebQuest

Group Member 3

By the end of this task you should have answers to the following questions:

» About WebQuests
» Building blocks of WebQuests
» Interview with Bernie Dodge (online - read from the paragraph above his photo, halfway down the article)

Group Member 4

By the end of this task you should have answers to the following questions:

Where can one find WebQuests?
Find several large collections and as many other ways of finding WebQuests as you can.
How does one evaluate WebQuests?
Find evaluation tools for WebQuests.
Identify a source of top quality WebQuests.