webquests for a new era

WebQuests for a New EraBernie Dodge, PhD

San Diego State University

http://bit.ly/wq-ncue-2012

SummarySummary

http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2006/03/saying_goodbye_to_an_old_frien.php

http://blogs.oet.udel.edu/sine/2007/08/why_webquests_are_so_20th_cent.html

http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/show?id=649749%3ATopic%3A77255

http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/show?id=649749%3ATopic%3A77255

For me, I've found other technologies to serve in place of webquests. I primarily use Moodle for my class. Its structure, not to mention its online interactive features, allow the students to take full advantage of the internet (assuming that's your goal).

For me, I've found other technologies to serve in place of webquests. I primarily use Moodle for my class. Its structure, not to mention its online interactive features, allow the students to take full advantage of the internet (assuming that's your goal).

Photo by Bill Liao - http://flickr.com/photos/liao/

A.T.S.OA.T.S.O..

I think Web 2.0 is, of course, a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/dwi/cm-int082206txt.html

Tim Berners-Lee, August 2006

Web 1.0Web 1.0 The Web as information source

Reading & downloading

Web 2.0Web 2.0 The Web as platform

Downloading AND uploading

Participation

WebQuests were born WebQuests were born along with Web 1.0along with Web 1.0

First WebQuest: February 1995

Wider adoption over the next 10 years

QuestGarden.com opened in 2005

Over 100,000 WebQuests completed on QuestGarden

http://questgarden.com

What does it take to bring

WebQuests into the Now?

To answer that, we need to

analyze what makes a good

lesson good

Like chemists, educators need a visual language to describe what they do

What are the necessary pieces?

People

InformationActions

Products

What are the necessary pieces?

People

InformationActions

Teachers Learners

Products

What are the necessary pieces?

People

InformationActions

Teachers Learners

Reading, WritingListening, Analyzingetc

Products

People

InformationActions

Teachers LearnersBooksWeb sitesReal objects

Products

Reading, WritingListening, Analyzingetc

What are the necessary pieces?

People

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Teachers LearnersBooksWeb sitesReal objects

Products

Reading, WritingListening, Analyzingetc

Papers, discussions, reports, presentations, videos, etc.

What are the necessary pieces?

With these pieces, we can diagram a WebQuest (or any lesson)People

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So what characterizes So what characterizes a New EraWebQuest?a New EraWebQuest?

More interaction and different kinds of interaction among learners

More interaction and different kinds of interaction between learners and content

Higher level thinking that aligns with Core Curriculum

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http://questgarden.com/07/78/0/051103175017

http://www.guhsd.net/mcdowell/wq/peace/

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New tools for New tools for new era WebQuestsnew era WebQuests

Google Docs

Google Forms

Google Earth and Maps and Street View

Google Hangout

YouTube as a product

(God, let’s hope Google stays in business)

VoiceThread

Edmodo

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/01/dozens-of-examples-of-voicethread-in.html#.UIwABLTnY6g

What WebQuest ideas do you

have?Let’s work together to draft it here and now

New Era WebQuestsNew Era WebQuests Use Web 2.0 tools for collaboration, not just

for ease of publication or because it’s cool

Make that collaboration an integral, important part of the process, not just an afterthought

Ideally, choose Web 2.0 tools that mirror what happens in the world of adults

What about Flipping?What about Flipping? WebQuests are tailor-made for flipping your

classroom.

Self-contained and self-explanatory

Doing part of the Process at home enables access to sites your school might block

Class time spent on other parts of the Process involving face to face interaction

What about Common What about Common Core?Core?

WebQuests from their earliest conception were all about higher level thinking

They are more at home now than in the era of No Child Left Behind

Tasks need to be chosen to align with the new standards but it’s not as big a stretch as it was for older standards

http://www.ocde.us/CommonCoreCA/Pages/Habits-of-Mind.aspx

What about 1:1 and What about 1:1 and iPads?iPads?

WebQuests are perfect for 1:1

During the Process, students can be accessing information that’s different from what other students are reading, then work in groups bringing each perspective to the table

WebQuests fit nicely on a 10 inch screen!

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WebQuests for a New EraBernie Dodge, PhD

San Diego State University

http://bit.ly/wq-ncue-2012