webquests for a new era
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How can we incorporate the newest technologies and teaching practices into this ancient (in Web years) but proven tool?TRANSCRIPT
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
InformationActions
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
InformationActions
Teachers LearnersBooksWeb sitesReal objects
Products
Reading, WritingListening, Analyzingetc
Papers, discussions, reports, presentations, videos, etc.
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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
http://questgarden.com/68/54/8/080719085723/
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http://questgarden.com/61/85/5/080304095630/
http://questgarden.com/54/99/7/070915162533/
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