WebQuests PowerQuests

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WebQuestsPowerQuests
Beth Hamilton Barbara Sasso
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"A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
which some or all of the information used by
learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are
designed to use learners' time well, to focus on
using information rather than looking for it, and
to support learners' thinking at the levels of
analysis, synthesis, and evaluation." Bernie
Dodge, San Diego State University
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sets the stage and provides some background
information

• Create an interest in the learner for the topic
• Orient the learner as to what is coming

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description of what the learner will have done at
the end of the exercise

• doable and interesting
• elicits thinking in learners that goes beyond
  rote comprehension
• product oriented - PowerPoint/PhotoStory/Movie
  Maker presentation, an online debate, etc.

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Steps the learners should go through in
accomplishing the task

• strategies for dividing the task into subtasks
• descriptions of roles to be played
• perspectives to be taken by each learner
• learning advice and interpersonal process advice
• relatively short and clear

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a list of information sources

• Pre-selected so that learners can focus their
  attention on the topic rather than surfing
• Include textbooks, audiotapes, face-to-face
  interaction with other people
• Divide the list of resources so that some are
  examined by everyone in the class
• Give separate data sources to learners. This can
  ensure the interdependence of the group and give
  the learners an incentive to teach each other
  what they've learned.

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authentic assessment

• Difficult to gauge with (readily) with a
  multiple-choice test. An evaluation rubric is
  called for.
• Evaluation rubrics would take a different form
  depending on the kind of task given to the
  learner.

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Example of an Evaluation
The grade will be based on three separate
evaluations. First, while working, the teacher
should make observations of how students are
working individually. Then at the end of the
project, have students evaluate themselves and
the other members. Then everyone will evaluate
the final projects. The teacher will combine the
scores with their own in the percentage of 70 to
30, with the teacher's score weighing more.
Teacher Individual grade- 100 points
(grading each student individually) Group
individual grade- 100 points (group members
grading each other) Project grade- 200 points
(group project evaluation)
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summarizes the experience

• encourage reflection about the process
• extend and generalize what was learned
• provides the reader with a sense of closure

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Is not always part of a Power Quest
Teacher Page

• Great way to share information with other
  teachers.
• A place to show Standard Course of Study that is
  being addressed in this Power Quest.

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Searching for WebQuests

• Catawba County Schools Webquests
• Iredell-Statesville Schools WebQuests
• Best WebQuests
• WebQuest Locator
• WebQuest Search
• teAchnology Webquests
• WebQuests Readings and Training Materials

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Google found 555,000 hits!
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Try webquest
Look up ppt. file
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You can download the PowerQuests Template At htt
p//tinyurl.com/ta2008
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WebQuestsPowerQuests
Beth Hamilton Barbara Sasso