Hello Fellow Bloggers,
WebQuests can be used in many ways to cater for the needs of all students. WebQuests are an ICT inquiry-based activity where all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed for learners to use their time effectively and productively focusing on using relevant information instead of wasting time looking for it (WebQuest Direct, 2009.)
WebQuests are designed to provide students with learning that requires them to think in the top three levels of Blooms - ' Analyse, Evaluate and Design' (Bloom - Popet, 2004.) WebQuests are also designed for minimum teacher input and maximum student interaction. While interacting in WebQuests students work collaboratively in pairs or groups thus working on their interpersonal skills (Productive Pedagogies, 2002.)
WebQuests can be accessed and shared by teachers thus it being a great resource tool for teachers. WebQuests are an effective learning tool that any teacher can use in any Key Learning Area at any time during a unit. WebQuests are also great to use at for a summative assessment task (WebQuest Direct, 2009.)
View this WebQuest site for great ideas:
http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/whatis_use.asp
References
Department of Education. (2002). Productive Pedagogies: Classroom reflection manual. Retrieved August 14, 2009, from: http://education.qld.gov.au/public_media/reports curriculum-framework/productive-pedagogies/
Popet, 2004 Retrieved 15 August, 2009, from: http://www.popet.com.au/pages/highorderthinking.html
WebQuest Direct, 2009 Retrieved 15 August, 2009, from: http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/whatis_use.asp
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Jules,
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see another blogger who values the variety of using a Webquest. Today we are encouraged to provide students with meaningful and task orientated learning opportunities which as you stated, webquests cater for the analysing, evaluating and designing levels of Blooms Taxonomy. I therefore feel that the use of the WebQuest format is for topics that are less well-defined -- tasks that invite creativity and problems with several possible solutions. For example a technology unit may require the students to conduct an investigation. With a Webquest students are able to explore the topic, map out the required processes and USE the information to solve and reflect on the investigation. This is confirming the integgration of Blooms Taxonomy as it deffinately promotes higher order thinking.
My only query with Webquests is While they can be applied to a wide range of topics, they may not be appropriate for everything. I wonder how I could incorporate a WebQuest to teach the times table?
Dorris - Tiffany