WebQuests

__**Introduction**__
 * WebQuests**
 * ==An i**nquiry-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 f**ocus 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: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

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