WebQuest



**Directions:** //As a team, you will be responsible for compiling the information below about your inquiry strategy. Next week, your group will provide a 5-7 minute overview of your strategy for the class.//

** Name and Description of your strategy (mention any variations of your strategy as well): **

A WebQuest is...


 * According to Webquest.org: A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.
 * According Phillip Molebash and Bernie Dodge (Kickstarting Inquiry with WebQuests and Web Inquiry Projects): A scale of information that is available on the World Wide Web, which serves as a resource to engage students in higher-level thinking.It provides a comfortable, organizing framework for developing inquiry skills. Webquest is "an inquiry-oriented activity in which most of the information learners work comes from the web. They are defined by the teacher and are used by students to structure the process of the inquiry-oriented activity defined by the teacher Webquests predefines the problem space and provide explicit guidance on how to proceed.

** Inquiry Process associated with your strategy: ** Students follow the five components included in a Web Quest 1.) Introduction, 2.) Task, 3.) Process, 4.) Evaluation, 5.) Conclusion

We found one of the most important sections, is number 2, Task. The task provides a focus that is concrete and a scalled down version of a real-world task. Technology is related to this because the students are using computers, or even iPads, to go onto the world wide web to do these "quests" The "product" so to speak resulting from these quests is what the student's learned at the end. It can vary depending on the inquiry.

** Description of the Product or Products resulting from the inquiry process associated with your strategy: **

The product will vary depending on the "quest" but Web Quests are good for topics that aren't well defined. Tasks that invite creativity and that have several possible solutions.

"open ended questions" ** Descriptions of Examples and Links to examples when possible (when you include a link to an example, provide a brief annotation / description of the example -- not just a link): **

__China Scavenger Hunt__ You are about to embark on a top secret mission as a detective for the American government. The government has intercepted a top secret document that needs to be decoded. You and your partner will need to go to China in order to navigate your way through a Chinese scavenger hunt. To solve the mission you need to find all the valuable information the government is asking for. If you do not find the information you will be lost in China forever. - Introduction of activity from website. Retrieved from: []

Ancient World Scavenger Hunt

Students are learning information about Mesoptamia and how it this group of people came into being. Students will extend this further to understand other great civilizations.

@http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/Academics/MS/6th/ancient/index.htm

Day of the Deadwebquest

This webquest explores the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, and the aspects that surround this celebration. The purpose of this lesson is to learn about the activities, history, food, and artists behind this holiday.

@http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/dayofdead/dodead.htm

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers ever in history, but you don't know much about him or about his work. When you finish this WebQuest you will be able to say a lot about him and his well-known play "Romeo and Juliet" You are male and female young actors that are going to take part in a competition to celebrate St. Valentine's Day. The competition has been organized by the English teachers in your school and in it you'll have to perform your version of the play "Romeo and Juliet". Before you enter the competition, to understand this tragedy and to help you play your character as best as you can, you are going to do some research about Shakespeare, his time and the story of Romeo and Juliet.

@http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/romeo/index.htm

Secret Societies in Religion: The Knights Templar

Secret societies have always existed throughout all the times and, almost always, they have been related and connected to religion. This has been so because religion is the most powerful force that makes the world moves ahead. What if you or your ancestors had taken part in one of these societies? What do you know about the most public one of them; the Knights Templar? What relevance would this medieval society have in our own one?

@http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/l2/word/cfc/secret_societies.htm?id=134

** Resources consulted related to your strategy (both hard copy and links): **

Dodge, B. (2007). What is a Webquest?. Department of Educational Technology. Retrieved from [|www.webquest.org] -- WEBSITE IS A KEY RESOURCE!

Molebash, P., Dodge, B. (2003). Kickstarting Inquiry with Web Quests and Web Inquiry Projects. Social Education. 67 (3), 158-161.

Resina, Mar. (2012, Jan. 9). Secret Societies in Religion: The Knights Templar. Retrieved from []

Rubinfield, Emily. (2009, Nov. 16). Ancient World Scavenger Hunt. Retrieved from []

Torres, P. Isabel. (2012, Jan. 9). English as a Second or Foreign Language. Retrieved from []


 * ADDITIONAL KEY RESOURCES FOR WEBQUEST STRATEGY (DR. Y) **
 * [|Anne Frank: The Power of One] example
 * [] - Bernie Dodge's original WebQuest site
 * [] - Provides thousands of Web-Quests created by other teachers. Able to sort and search by grade, subject and/or topic

** 1-2 additional inquiry-based learning strategies we like, value, want to try, have experienced in a positive way, etc. (name and describe briefly): **

**​** K-W-L Chart, which tracks what a student knows (K), wants to know (W), and has learned (L) about a topic, can be used before, during, and after research projects.