After having read the Dodge article please apply at least one principle mentioned in the article to a concept applied within your own web quest. Discuss how you feel this enhanced your web quest and how you could make improvements in the future.
The think that stood out to me the most of the five principles was "chanllenge your learners to think". I think that it is so important that we really get the students involve in their learning. By using a webquest this will give the students the ability to think beyond what they might normally do. Having them have several activities and making it about 4-5 one hour lab classes can keep their minds stimulated and always thinking versus just a worksheet of fill in the blank answers. Dodge says "The key element of a great WebQuest is a great task". If we are using great tasks for out students they will hopefully always have an interest in learning and wanting to challenge themselves.
One thing that I might do differently next time is make myself more familiar with the first step "Find Great Sites". I think that this would definitely help with being able to create or have great tasks for the students. I know that at the UCET conference their was a seminar on how to properly use a search engine. I need to become more familiar with what can make my reasearch a lot easier by learning how to use the search engine website correctly.
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I agree that we need to challenge our learners to think.
ReplyDeleteFinding great websites is always a challenge for teachers. UEN.Org has good links. Teachers need to take the time to investigate a website thoroughly before just posting it. There is alot of bad information out there.
I completely agree that students learn best when they are involved in their own learning. The webquest is a great opportunity for students to get engaged with the material that is being taught. Also, they are more likely to retain the information because they can see the value and real world implications.
ReplyDeleteThere is so much information out there that I find it exciting and a little overwhelming with all the information that I can use for these webquests.