1. Integrating Webquests into Instruction Developed by Rhonda Christensen

2. Useful Resources: WebQuests  A webquest is “an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet”.  WebQuest information adapted from Kathy Schrock, “WebQuests in Our Future: The Teacher’s Role in Cyberspace”

3. WebQuests  Short Term - designed to be completed in one to three class periods Instructional goal is knowledge acquisition and integration. Instructional goal is knowledge acquisition and integration.  Long Term - designed to be take between one week and one month Learner analyzes a body of knowledge, transforms it, and demonstrates understanding by presenting it in some way. Learner analyzes a body of knowledge, transforms it, and demonstrates understanding by presenting it in some way.

4. Longer Term WebQuests  Requires various thinking skills (higher level in Bloom’s Taxonomy) Comparing Comparing Classifying Classifying Inducing Inducing Deducting Deducting Analyzing Errors Analyzing Errors Constructing Support Constructing Support Abstraction Abstraction Analyzing Perspectives Analyzing Perspectives

5. Attributes of a WebQuest  Critical Attributes Introduction Introduction Task Task Process Process Information Sources Information Sources Evaluation Evaluation Conclusion Conclusion

6. Attributes of a WebQuest  Non-critical Attributes Most likely to be group activities Most likely to be group activities Include role-playing for learners Include role-playing for learners Single discipline or interdisciplinary Single discipline or interdisciplinary

7. Why WebQuests?  WebQuests bring together the most effective instructional practices into one integrated student activity Strategies to increase student motivation Strategies to increase student motivation Develop thinking skills Develop thinking skills Cooperative learning process Cooperative learning process

8. Additional Attributes of WebQuests  Create a central question that honestly needs answering  Students are given real resources with which to work  Included are questions that prompt higher level thinking  Students must transform information

9. Sample WebQuests  Matrix of Examples for all levels and all subject areas Matrix of Examples Matrix of Examples Anthem: A Utopian Society - 8th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts Anthem: A Utopian Society - 8th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts Anthem: A Utopian Society Anthem: A Utopian Society Statistics (Take Me Out the the Ballpark) - High School Mathematics Statistics (Take Me Out the the Ballpark) - High School Mathematics Statistics (Take Me Out the Ballpark) Statistics (Take Me Out the Ballpark)

10. Assessing Projects  Rubrics and checklists are useful tools for assessing project-based learning or technology-enhanced projects. Sample Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests Sample Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests Sample Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests Sample Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests Sample Rubric for Evaluating Webpages Sample Rubric for Evaluating Webpages Sample Rubric for Evaluating Webpages Sample Rubric for Evaluating Webpages Sample Rubric for Evaluating a Physics Lab Sample Rubric for Evaluating a Physics Lab Sample Rubric for Evaluating a Physics Lab Sample Rubric for Evaluating a Physics Lab Creating your Own Rubrics Creating your Own Rubrics Creating your Own Rubrics Creating your Own Rubrics