Blogs & Wikis as WebQuest Tasks Bernie Dodge, PhD San Diego State University Bernie Dodge, PhD San Diego State University
Introduction
WebQuests Have Evolved
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Any of Them Don’t like this one Or this one Nope. They’re all bad.
The Joy of Technopouncing
Handhelds Blogs Podcasts Wikis
The Joy of Technopouncing Handhelds Blogs Podcasts Wikis
Task
Explain how to… 1.make WebQuests more interactive; and 2.make blogs and wikis more pedagogically useful.
Process
Steps 1.Define blogs 2.Define wikis 3.Explore design patterns that accommodate each
What is a Blog? Online journal Chronological organization At least one link per entry Point of view Personal disclosure vs. Outward-oriented
Blogs are Popular Pew Institute on Internet & American Life: 2.2 million bloggers in early 2003 More recent studies estimate 4-7 million Blogs updated every 0.86 seconds A new blog is created every 11 seconds
OneTrick
Tamara
Katey
Pepys Diary
The Spot
The Spot 2
The Spot 3
The Spot 4
The Spot 5
Blogging Software Blogger WordPress Blogmeister
What is a Wiki?
Wikipedia
WikiSpaces
Wiki Software PBWiki PBWiki WikiSpaces WikiSpaces Google Pages Google Pages
Affordances
Blogs vs Wikis Usually single author Reverse chronological structure Usually personal External links Browser-based input Usually many authors Structure determined by the content Usually objective Internal & external links Brower-based input
So how do we make good pedagogical use of blogs & wikis ???????????????????
Design Patterns
Travel Account
Historical Story
Caste System
Compilation
EdGames Micropedia WebQuest Micropedia: a tightly focused reference work Applicable from elementary to grad school Assignment: ten entries, spread out among several categories
EdGames 1
EdGames 2
EdGames 3
Election 2004
Recommendation
Example WebQuest: India & Pakistan
‘India2
India3
India4
India5
India 6
Activity
Evaluation
Rubric Quality of discussion FantasticMarvelousDeep
Summary Blogs as WebQuest Tasks Simulated Diary Historical Story Travel Account Wikis as WebQuest Tasks Compilations Recommendations
Links workshops/ wq-blog-wiki/ links.html
Blogs & Wikis as WebQuest Tasks Bernie Dodge, PhD San Diego State University Bernie Dodge, PhD San Diego State University