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Today we continue with preparation to work on the second major product required for WIT success. We concentrate on how to write our own webquest.
Covington, Tennessee Schools Site
CPS - Higher Order Thinking Skills
Aim: To provide participants with a better understanding of the
writing and design process of a
WebQuest by delving into the parts of a WebQuest.
Rationale: Unlike Scavenger Hunts or fill-in-the-blank lessons seen many times
for educational use on the
Web, WebQuests require students to use higher order thinking skills. Too often
students are asked to recall information but not process what they've learned
or thought about, how it impacts the world, their lives, or what they think.
WebQuests, if written correctly, ask the learner to think about a topic and
make inferences, judgments, and critically assess information they've acquired
via the Internet and in some cases primary sources or printed materials.
Objectives:
Upon completion of these workshops you should be able to:
1. Write a WebQuest of your own.
2. Have a better understanding of the six components in a WebQuest, specifically, the task, the process and the background.
3. Quickly assess a WebQuest to see if it will work for your students.
4. Know the difference between what is and is not a task for a WebQuest.
