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

2. 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

3. Webquests and the Education Channel http://www.education.vic.gov.au/teacher/Global/webquests.htm

4. Show me some examples! Search Best Webquests Primary

5. Secondary

6. 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?

7. Do I have to make a webquest?

8. "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. http://bestwebquests.com/about/default.asp

9. How can I present my webquest or activities? Blog Web and flow Zunal http://web-and-flow.com/ http://globalteacher.org.au/ http://www.zunal.com Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.co m/wired/fil/

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

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. Thank you! Time to explore… rowett.kerry.k@edumail.vic.gov.au