What is an "WebQuest"?
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with come from resources on the Internet. The two types of WebQuests: Long term - students analyze and transform knowledge. These last between one week and one month. Short term - students acquire and understand a determined amount of knowledge, can last between one and three class periods. - Bernie Dodge
  Below are two examples of a WebQuest.
Choose one and complete the activity questions below.
The Holocaust:
Fact or Fiction
The Diary of Anne Frank
Activity
  1. How would you use this activity in a lesson?
  2. Where would it fall with your unit?
    (ie: introduction, motivation activity, informing activity, instructional activity, assessment activity, remediation activity, enrichment activity, etc.)
  3. What kind of learning does this activity support?
    (beginning, intermediate, advanced, etc.)
  4. Where does this activity fall on Bloom's taxonomy of learning?
  5. How would you scaffold students in this activity?
  6. What is powerful about this learning experience?
 
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