Wouldn’t It Be Great…

Tutor

Teach

Refine and Extend Learning

Help Students with Computer Skills

Engaging

Excite learning

Make Connections Cross-Curricular

Be Interactive

Provide Hands Activities

Tools for Visual Learners

Provide Comprehensible Input

Translate to a Students Primary Language

Meet the Special Needs of Students

21st Century Skills

By: Heather Hawks and Charity Messimer

•It can be used in Primary Grades through College Classes •Adapted to any Subject•Provides Scaffolding•Develops Higher Level Thinking

The web quest was developed

in 1995, by Bernie Dodge

and

Tom March.

Highly Effective Webquests Include: 1. Clear Objective tied to the Standard2. Hook3. Age Appropriate4. Relevant to what the Students are Learning5. Highly Visual6. Easy to Use7. Evaluations

What should a webquest look

like?

Steps to create your own webquest…

EXAMPLE

Know your standard and your objective

Choose a theme or topic

Make an outline of your introduction, quest, process, evaluation, and conclusion

Before you finish your webquest make sure to revaluate it with your objective in mind

Remember webquest are meant to be interactive and engaging at the same time as refining and extending.

How does a serve ELL

students?

• Content Access in Home Language• Offers Background Knowledge• Comprehensible Input through Pictures and Examples• Gives ELL Students an Attainable Goal• Provides Scaffolding • Resources to Complete the Task• Keeps them Interested • Offers Review of the Learning in a Conclusion

In general, the results of the comparative studies have indicated that Web-based language instruction produced better writing quality and more writing quantity than traditional classroom instruction (Braine, 1997; Ghaleb, 1993; Liou, 1997; Sullivan & Pratt, 1996).

However, a few studies have found that Web-based language instruction had non-significant or negative effects (Biesenbach-Lucas & Weasenforth, 2001; Leh, 1999).

Survey Says…

ELL Webquest

Opportunities

A teacher can tailor it to whatever subject it needs to be or whatever specific needs a student has

Makes good use of internet resources

It’s a step-by-step procedure rather than a research report

It is limitless, there is no limits to what you can do with a webquest

Collaborative or individual

There are premade webquests for the busy teacher

Challenges

If a teacher does not know how to put together a webquest correctly, it will not be effective

Finding an internet source that are valid with good information that serves the need of your student or that portrays the correct information

Making the webquest age appropriate

Making sure that the webquest relates to the classroom objective

Helpful website to help you understand more about creating a webquest is http://www1.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml