The most recent additions to the list
of WebQuests for students in grades 9 - 12, for example, include such topics as cloning, bioethics, hazardous wastes, and animal anatomy.
They also noted the power of
Webquests for guiding student research and inquiry and blogs for giving students voice in response to classroom content, as noted in anecdotal records kept during class discussions.
In contrast, elementary preservice teachers used digital cameras to document student performance three and a half times more frequently than did secondary teachers, and they
used webquests with their students four times more often than did secondary teachers.
Middle and high school learners create
WebQuests about the texts and authors that Shakespeare himself studied when he was in grammar school.
She learned to
create WebQuests when she attended a workshop conducted by Bernie Dodge, a professor of educational technology at San Diego University.
The inquiry - based
WebQuest format encourages students to utilize higher level thinking skills as they complete assignments using information gleaned from the Web.
The Learn about the candidates
WebQuest activity sheet offers students a choice of three activities.
«They learned to search for appropriate sites and then actually started designing their
own WebQuests during the session.
EW: What elements or features do you see as distinguishing
WebQuests from other Web - based activities?
Cox has been using
WebQuests as a way of integrating technology with her classroom curriculum for the past two years.
Most
WebQuests provide a complete list of links to online resources that have been hand - picked by the teacher.
Offer students a lesson about another culture and technology with a teacher -
designed WebQuest!
This one - page
webquest directs students to go to a Canadian government website in order to answer questions about the province.
Creating situations that force students to depend on one another is one of those things that distinguish
great WebQuests from merely good ones.
Students explore a variety of weather websites, and complete a Weather
WebQuest worksheet.
With over 33 million books ~ if you could read ONE book a day ~ it would take you 60 ~ 000 years to read all the books in the Library of Congress» collection!Just posted a new
webquest ~ great for a Friday activity.
With over 33 million books ~ if you could read ONE book a day ~ it would take you 60 ~ 000 years to read all the books in the Library of Congress» collection!Just posted a
new webquest ~ great...
With the help of some excellent staff developers at San Diego Unified School District, I've put together A Rubric for
Evaluating WebQuests.
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.
This highly educational yet exciting
webquest allows students to read informational text, lear
Explain to students that they will assume a variety of roles as employees of a local newspaper as they complete The Immigration
Today WebQuest.
This
election WebQuest from Education World asks the question, Which candidate would you vote for?
Although the Cinco de
Mayo WebQuest is part of a social studies lesson, it includes lessons related to other curriculum areas, such as art, music, and language arts.
WebQuests give your students an opportunity to gain factual information while using research skills.
I developed a fun and informative
Presidential webquest you might find of value to use with your students.
If you've done the work of preparing a
good WebQuest ahead of time (or selecting one made by someone else), you have a more gratifying day, by working with individuals and small groups as a coach rather than having to keep all those eyes on you as the only source of data in the room.
The teachers learned
how WebQuests could help them pull together Internet resources and create specific Web pages for student use.
Quick
simple webquest review on Tides, seasons, and moon phases 4 questions on each topic and 1 diagram for each Worked as a good end of year review for my classes.
Learn more about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims with this
fun webquest.
This short computer
research WebQuest / Scavenger Hunt is a fun activity to lead into a unit on the history of computers and technology.