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WebQuests: Option A
Skipton T. Mckenzie
EDU 616
June 8, 2008
Solomon, Allen, & Resta (2003) indicate that our nation is facing a
technology provides, to meet the needs of their diverse learners and prepare
them for tomorrow. “The most familiar form for accessing information is the
World Wide Web” (Norton & Sprague, p. 141), and WebQuests is one strategy
teachers can use to meet their teaching needs and their student’s learning
needs (Norton & Sprague, p. 155). This paper addresses how WebQuests
can provide an enhanced and engaging means for teaching, how learners
can benefit from this approach, and critical skills that WebQuests can
provide.
because they are more than just surfing the net for information and websites
around an engaging and doable task that elicits higher order thinking of
some kind. It’s about doing something with information. The thinking can be
group work, problem solving, and critical and creative thinking skills are
something that adults do on the job, outside school walls” (p. 2), and
that are broadcast on their local radio station (p. 4). WebQuests allow
as pollution, gambling, and nuclear waste disposal (Starr, 2006, p. 1), and
discuss very real and relevant issues (Dodge, cited in Starr, 2007, p. 4). “The
experience of seeing the complexity of the issue and honoring the strongly
Excel, and PowerPoint into WebQuests develops student’s skills with these
tools and also prepares for the working world. Excel is, “. . . seen by many as
show their reports, proposals and case studies” (Brothers, 2008, p. 1).
Critical skills that WeQuests provide to learners can also relate to the
is not a viable life skill without the ability to analyze the data,” and Excel
manner (Dodge, cited in Starr, 2007, p. 3). “ WebQuests give students a task
that allows them to use their imagination and problem-solving skills. The
explains that, “They must process the information in meaningful ways and
teaching, how learners can benefit from them, and critical thinking skills they
students thinking skills. As critical thinking skills are developed using this
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topics, and developing “real world” skills for future employment and life.
References
Brothers, J.J. (2008). Helium. Tips for integrating PowerPoint into the
classroom. Retrieved
2008, from
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html
http://webquest.org/index-create.php
Solomon, G., Allen, N.J., & Resta, P. (2003). TOWARD DIGITAL EQUITY:
Starr, L. (2006). Creating a WebQuest: It’s Easier than You Think! Retrieved
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.shtml
Starr, L. (2007). Meet Bernie Dodge – the Frank Lloyd Wright of Learning
Environments.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat015.shtml
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Heights, MA:
References
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webquests.html
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/excel/print.htm
2008 from
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm