Blogs & Wikis as WebQuest Tasks
Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University
Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University
Introduction
WebQuests Have Evolved
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Any of Them
Don’t like this oneOr this one
Nope. They’re all bad.
The Joy of Technopouncing
The Joy of Technopouncing
Handhelds
BlogsPodcasts
Wikis
The Joy of Technopouncing
Handhelds
BlogsPodcasts
Wikis
Task
Explain how to…
1. make WebQuests more interactive; and
2. make blogs and wikis more pedagogically useful.
Process
Steps
1. Define blogs2. Define wikis3. Explore design patterns that
accommodate each
What is a Blog?
Online journal Chronological organization At least one link per entry Point of view Personal disclosure vs. Outward-
oriented
Blogs are Popular
Pew Institute on Internet & American Life: 2.2 million bloggers in early 2003
More recent studies estimate 4-7 million
Blogs updated every 0.86 seconds A new blog is created every 11
seconds
OneTrick
Tamara
Katey
Pepys Diary
The Spot
The Spot 2
The Spot 3
The Spot 4
The Spot 5
Blogging Software
Blogger WordPress Blogmeister
What is a Wiki?
Wikipedia
WikiSpaces
Wiki Software
PBWiki WikiSpaces Google Pages
Affordances
Blogs vs Wikis
Usually single author
Reverse chronological structure
Usually personal External links
Browser-based input
Usually many authors
Structure determined by the content
Usually objective Internal & external
links Brower-based
input
So how do we make good pedagogical use of blogs &
wikis???????????????????
Design Patterns
Travel Account
Historical Story
Caste System
Compilation
EdGames Micropedia WebQuest Micropedia: a tightly focused
reference work Applicable from elementary to grad
school Assignment: ten entries, spread out
among several categories
EdGames 1
EdGames 2
EdGames 3
Election 2004
Recommendation
Example WebQuest: India & Pakistan
‘India2
India3
India4
India5
India 6
http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/holocaust/tiki-index.php
Activity
Evaluation
Rubric
Quality of discussion
Fantastic Marvelous Deep
Summary
Blogs as WebQuest Tasks Simulated Diary Historical Story Travel Account
Wikis as WebQuest Tasks Compilations Recommendations
Linkshttp://webquest.org/
workshops/wq-blog-wiki/
links.html
Blogs & Wikis as WebQuest Tasks
Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University
Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University