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A WebQuest for xth Grade (Put Subject Here)

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Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher

Introduction

• The introduction should be directed to the student.

• Prepares and "hook" the reader.

• Communicate the "Big Question."  Let the students know what the WebQuest is about.  Include any necessary background information.

• If you're creating a scenario with opposing points of view, describe the views briefly

Goal:  You are trying to interest the students in pursuing the problem stated.

The Task

• Describe what the end result of the learner's activities should be.
  Problem to be solved
  Position to be formulated and defended
  Product to be designed
  Personal insight to be articulated
  Summary to be created
  Persuasive message  or journalistic account to be crafted
  A creative work
  Anything that requires the learner to take information they learn and present it or transform it into something new.

• Describe what tools can or should be used

• Can assign or define roles as pertains to the WebQuest

Goal:  Let the students know exactly what their end product is to be.

The Process

• Define what the learner must do to accomplish the task.

• Continue to address the learner as…"you will…"

• Have a set of links and/or resources that the students will use for each step of the process

• Offer some suggestions as to how to organize the information gathered. (Have worksheets ready about tasks the students may need to perform, e.g. conducting an interview, how to write an editorial, etc.)

• Give directions on any group work assigned

• Provide options for presentation--flowcharts, multimedia, Web pages, summary tables, concept maps, Venn diagrams.

Goal:  It is necessary to clearly define the steps necessary to accomplish the task.

Resources

• Resources are the properties the instructor has located that will help the learner accomplish the task.

• Can be Web or non-Web resources.

• Explain that not all resources will be used by all students.

• Often resources are included in the Task section and a separate section is not needed.

Goal:  You want the student to know where to go to get information to accomplish the assigned task.

Evaluation

• Provide students with a clear understanding of the grading criteria which will be used to evaluate what they have done. 

• Provide links to online rubrics (of your making or on the Web) so that students know exactly how the projects will be graded.

• Determine if the evaluation will be a group evaluation, an individual evaluation, or both.

Goal:  Students need to know in advance how their work will be evaluated.

Conclusion

• Include a summary of what you will have accomplished when the WebQuest is complete.

• Explain how you could do further study on this topic.  This could be in the form of rhetorical questions to the students.

• Ask the students to consider what new questions were generated when trying to solve the original task.

Credits and References

• Have the students list the sources they used. This includes books, music, pictures, and text that the student used.

• Have the students thank people who helped them.

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