jueves, 28 de enero de 2016

Week 2 (Jan. 26-28) – What are WebQuests I: (Re-)Introducing the Term



Since we’re back to work on WebQuests, it is important to revisit what they are. This will be our work for this week.


To get us started, I want you to watch these two videos. One featured the WebQuest master himself, Dr. Bernie Dodge:






Also, watch this video where a group of gifted students in 1st and 2nd grade talk about WebQuests



This second video is particularly interesting as it goes on to prove that WebQuests as a learning tool don’t really have a ceiling. All ages and language competence levels have the potential to create top-notch WebQuests.

As you watch this, in class you are going to come up with a brief working definition of WebQuests.