WebQuest for the Classroom by Blake Day. Daniela,Paulina,Stefanny,Hugo,Esteban,Mateo,Andrés.

Educational technology :

• There are many different methods, strategies, and software programmes that are meaningful for communication, in which students are engaged in the use of technology in a good way.

• this tool is important for students and for teachers because it allows to improve and make easier teaching learning process.

WEBQUEST.  

• Is an Educational program that helps to develop critical Thinking , cooperative learning,authentic assessment, and technology integration.
• The webquest makes students to be involved in researching a problem /question.

Title Page

• This page starts the WebQuest, titled Industrial Revolution WebQuest. Each item on this page should be one or two words to give a summary of what the page will be. The page also include graphics or pictures, representing elements of the WebQuest.
• The Industrial Revolution marks a turning point in history, changing and influencing all aspects of daily life in one way or another . Both agricultural production and the nascent industry multiplied while decreasing production time, also this revolution included new technologies and methods to improve the productivity.

Task

• A short concise explanation of the events is taking place during the Industrial Revolution and the product a student must produce. For this mission , the students will be the leading researchers in the social conditions of life of Great Britain.

Process

• The process splits the variety of detailed task that the students are to accomplish. For example: Working conditions of children.

The Production of Products

• The production of products includes:

1. An essay which provides findings a recommendations.
2. A presentation showing conditions and recommendations for change.

Sites to review and research.

• The web sites in where students find and resource information should be sites approved, for example databases, thesis grades, investigations and articles.

• The information should be divided in hyperlinks according with the topic, date or lesson.

Evaluation and Conclusion

• For evaluation and conclusion the use of rubrics is recommended, for the students, in order to allow them be clear about what they did well or not, and which aspects they need to improve.

Teacher's page.

the teacher’s page is a summary of remarkable topics of real world feedback, from people outside the classroom, in order to have relevant material for students to develop their critical skills.

Examples of suggested criteria for students, are as follows:

Subject: History

. Analyze reasons (why england was the first country to industrialize)

. Examine how (scientific and technological  changes bla bla bla…)

. Discuss the important inventions ….

. Describe the growth of cities …

. Describe the changes and work ….

. Describe the effects of …

and so on…

English language arts .

• writing strategies
• writing applications
• Write expository compositions.
• write persuasive compositions.
• Use different semiotics modes for make an appropriate presentation.
• Deliver persuasive arguments
• Deliver descriptive presentation

National technology foundation standards for students.

-Basic operations and concepts. (The students should have an idea of how to use technology)

-Social ethical and human issues. (Students manage technology very responsibly)

-Technology productivity tools (Technology allows for more effective learning)

-Technology communications tools (students communicate ideas through multiple media)

-Technology research tools (Allow for the search of new sources, plus the possibility of reporting results)

-Technology problem solving and decision making tools (Students apply technology to solve issues in the real life context)

Credits Page

Here you credit the sources for information, images and the like, in the case of Day’s article, Dodge and Rubistar are to be credited.

WHAT IS A WEBQUEST?

1. A WEBQUEST is a tool for learners so they do not waste time looking for information that might be not useful. They have to use the information the teacher puts on the WebQuest in order to help students to learn something new.
2. It is a didactic way to allow students to learn how to access effectively to technology through implemented activities that demand researching in which students construct their knowledge by themselves.
3. It is a powerful tool for learning. It provides students various tasks designed to motivate them. It allows them to create, make, something they are proud of and because of this, they are left with something, even after the task is done.