Dodge: The key idea that distinguishes
WebQuests from other Web - based experiences is this: A WebQuest is built around an engaging and doable task that elicits higher order thinking of some kind.
EW: What elements or features do you see as distinguishing
WebQuests from other Web - based activities?
Creating situations that force students to depend on one another is one of those things that distinguish great
WebQuests from merely good ones.
This election
WebQuest from Education World asks the question, Which candidate would you vote for?
In this special Earth Day
WebQuest from Education World, students work in teams to construct presentations that focus attention on some of Earth's most serious environmental threats.
Not exact matches
History of the Famous Games
from Ancient Greece: A
Webquest / Extension Activities 2.
Students could also use the information learned to develop a «Day in the Life» of a polar bear ~ pretending to be a polar bear and describing a typical day ~ using 4 specific facts learned
from the
webquest.
One of the easiest routes to authentic technology integration is the
WebQuest — «an inquiry - oriented activity in which some or all of the information learners interact with comes
from the Internet.»
Ask each student to draw a slip
from the box to choose the candidate he or she will track during the
WebQuest.
In classrooms
from kindergarten to college, Cinderella projects, book clubs, and
WebQuests take advantage of the story's broad appeal and varied cultural history.
Students read the information and fill in the blanks
from the
webquest.
EW: In the Overview section of The
WebQuest Page, you define a
WebQuest as «an inquiry - oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes
from resources on the Internet.»
The
webquest is primarily aimed at English language learners
from CLB 1 - 3, but it could also be used in elementary school classes.
Mr. Donn's Ancient Greek Olympics Simulation Unit (Grades 3 - 12) Journey Through the Olympic Games (
WebQuest) Winter Olympics in the Gym (Grades 3 - 5) Fractions in Olympics (Grades 4 - 8) Olympic Torch Concentration Puzzle (Grades 1 - 4) Olympic Training Center
from Newton's Apple (Grades 3 - 12) Olympic Leaders (Grades 3 - 12) Winter Olympic Games Project (Grades 9 - 12) Winter Olympic Sport and Science (Grades 9 - 12)
Instead, teachers can locate and read aloud a children's book relating to each of the environmental problems, or share some basic facts
from the Web sites listed on the
WebQuest Internet Resources page.
Cinderella Goes to School In classrooms
from kindergarten to college, Cinderella projects, book clubs, and
WebQuests take advantage of the fairy tale's broad appeal and varied cultural history.
In this special Earth Day
WebQuest, student teams vie for funding
from the fictional Help Our World (HOW) Foundation.
Our journey starts
from the beginning of the 20th century, and includes, inter alia, the famous Pavlovian Conditioning and Skinner's Operant Conditional Theory, continues through the mid 50s and the first time computers were used in learning environments, the influential Problem - Based Learning inspired by Howard Barrows in the 60s, David Merrill's Component Display Theory, the Cognitive Flexibility Theory in the late 1980s that aims to develop the learner's ability to comprehend multidimensional situations, the introduction of multimedia and CD - ROMs in educational environments in the 90s, to the development of
WebQuest in 1995, and the launch of the Authentic Learning Model in the late 2000s by Marilyn Lombardi.
There are several extension activities and the key: John Glenn, A
Webquest Other plays in the Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show Series: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Bessie Coleman Sacagawea, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King, Sequoia, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Tuskegee Airmen, Susan B. Anthony, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, an interview with a groundhog, an interview with a leprechaun, an interview with Simon, victim of the Black Death, An Interview with Agent 355, a female agent in the Culper Spy Ring (Revolutionary War), Interview with a 49er
from the California Gold Rush and more.
-- Deborah Gowen, Folkston, GA, Relationship of Motivation and MI to Preference to Achievement
from Instruction Using
Webquests,
[email protected]