Webquest Workshop
| Introduction |
| What better way to
discover what a WebQuest is than by doing
one? In this WebQuest you will discover
its characteristics, visit some sample
sites and finally make your own WebQuest. |
Task
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| Discover the
characteristics of WebQuests through on-line
tutorials. |
| Visit sample
WebQuests in order to enrich your
knowledge base about WebQuests. |
| Create your
own WebQuest for your students. |
Part 3
|
| Choose a theme
from your program. |
| Using a search
engine (AltaVista, Yahoo ...), do a site
search on that theme. |
| Select the
sites that you think you could use for
your WebQuest. |
| Paste the URL
addresses in a document. You may use
MSWord, Microsoft Front Page Express,
Netscape Composer or any other suitable
program. |
| Make up the
rest of your WebQuest using the criteria
that you came up with in Part 1. |
| Save your
WebQuest. |
Share the
different WebQuests with your colleagues.
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| Learning Advice |
| Be very
specific with the wording of your search
topic. It will save you lots of time. |
| If your topic
is more than one word, don't forget to
put quotation marks around it. |
| Take the time
to select sites that are appropriate for
your students. |
| Don't forget
to use your back arrow to return to the
original lesson. |
Conclusion
|
Surfing the Net can
sometimes be difficult. Also, keeping
students on task is a challenge in any
Internet class. We, as teachers, can make
it a much more enjoyable, constructive
experience by providing a framework for
them to work in. The WebQuest is a very
viable and pedagogical alternative
allowing the teacher to select the
appropriate sites as well as keeping the
students on task.
I hope that this has been a positive
experience for you! |
| Source:
- Modified from Randy Hamlyn,
ESL consultant
C.S. des Navigateurs
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