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Introduction

You are an enthusiastic teacher. Your centre manager has told you

that she has heard about something new being used in other centres:

webquests. Your manager is giving you a week to find out about

webquests. She’ll then decide if they are worth using in

the centre.

Task

In order to give your manager the information she needs, you have to uncover

the What, Who, When, Where and Why of webquests. When you have this

information, you will summarise it, present the answers to your manager, and

be prepared to answer any questions she might have about the use of

webquests.

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Process

In order to gather the information, you’ll need to visit The WebQuest Page.As you find the answers to each of the Wh questions, you can record them on the Wh document. There are 5 steps to complete:

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Step 1

1 The first thing you’ll look for is the What of webquests.

You are looking for a definition of what webquests are.

Read Some thoughts about webquests to get you started.

Then write your own definition in the ’What’ section of

the ‘Wh document’.

Step 2

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1. An insect’s perspective

2. Snapshot in time

3. Was it murder?

Process

Step 2

In order to get a clear sense of when webquests are used, who is using them

and where they are being used, you need to take a closer look at three of the

webquest examples provided. After you have looked at the examples, fill out

the Who, When and Where sections of the ‘Wh document’.

Step 3

Process

Step 3

The last piece of information you need to gather before presenting material to

your manager relates to Why webquests are being used in centres. To do this

successfully, you need to think about the definition you created as a part of your

earlier research and consider the webquest examples you looked at. Then on

your ‘Wh document’ write a

short summary paragraph that states why you think

webquests are popular.

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Step 4

Process

Step 4

Your manager didn’t specifically mention that you needed this, but you know

from previous experience that she’s going to want a way to tell whether a

webquest is any good. To be ready for this, you’re going to try out the

webquest evaluation form for one of the webquests listed below.

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Return of the Great Game

Arthur’s Tooth

Trekking the Tidepool

The Ocean’s in Trouble

A City in Space

Meeting in the Mitten

Step 5

Process

Step 5

Once you’ve completed the process steps, save (and print) the documents you

have filled in. Then let the trainer know you are ready to give a presentation on

webquests and take part in a discussion.

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Evaluation

Beginning Developing StrongWh document Gathers information for gathers information for gathers information for

1 or 2 of the questions. 3 or 4 of the questions. all of the questions.

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evaluation in 1 or 2 areas. in 3 or 4 areas. in 5 or more areas.

Overall Demonstrates a limited Demonstrates a fairly Demonstrates a strong

understanding understanding of what good understanding of understanding of what

webquests are and how what webquests are and webquests are and howthey work. how they work. they work.

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Conclusion

Congratulations! Your manager was very impressed with your work. Because

of the quality of your presentation and newly acquired knowledge she has

decided to send you to present at the next

regional planning meeting in the Bahamas.

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