Webquests presentation…cont Online Learning Activities Link Digital Learning Objects and websites

What makes a webquest different? The main critical attribute of a WebQuest is to facilitate this transformation of information into a newly constructed, assimilated understanding. Team work – roles. Ah ha! Tom March Bernie Dodge Lisa Hayman

Webquests and the Education Channel

Show me some examples! Search Best Webquests Primary

Secondary

Apply lessons from global problems to local issues Use their assigned perspectives to predict near-future outcomes of current events Argue why a particular option will succeed best in a given situation So what do the best webquests get kids to do?

Do I have to make a webquest?

"To the ship without a compass, any port's a destination." Begin with a goal. Learning should be more efficient than wandering around aimlessly and being satisfied when learning just happens to take place. Start with a subject of particular interest.

How can I present my webquest or activities? Blog Web and flow Zunal Filamentality m/wired/fil/

Filamentality Find out about the formats Start new page Add + describe links Free!

Choose your search tool Write a brief Add your links and descriptions Suggestions about format to use 30 day free trial then $30/year Web and Flow

Using a blog – use Global Teacher for your own blog, Global Student for your students Use as a container to store your links, planning, videos etc Set student tasks with the possibility of comments Write a post

Connect! Communicate! ePals - classrooms ePals - projects Global school net – project registry Oz projects Global Projects – Education Channel

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