Quick Brainstorm
What are WebQuests? – stick up your thoughts
Introduction
- Tom’s presentation & discussion
- Example: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? and handout
- Big Wide World WebQuest
- Bernie Dodge’s QuestGarden
- Tom’s Ghostly BestWebQuests.com
- ASUS eee Transformer vs iPad2 YouTube Comparison
- Edge-ucators Way Skills List
- Google Account for Education
Topics and Questions
- Download the handout
- EtherPad Brainstorming – 3 R’s Group & AGQTP Group
Gather Resources & Perspectives
- Quick TagGalaxy search
- Consider Diigo Groups
- RSS Feeds
- YouTube
- Google Country Codes for Searches by Nation
- iTunes Podcasts (embed a Podcast)
- [podcast] https://podcasts.howstuffworks.com/hsw/podcasts/symhc/2011-07-04-symhc-belle-boyd.mp3[/podcast]
- Browse TED A-Z (Themes) and Tags
- Create a RSS Feeds page for the topic (Add Netvibes tutorial)
Thinking Tools
- Thesis Builder – to generate thesis statements and essay outlines
- Designing an Infographic
- Exploratree
- Mind42, MindMeister
Collaboration Platforms
- WordPress.com
- Stixy
- Twiddla
- Dropbox or Box.net
- Skype, Vyew, Dimdim, Elluminate (Web conferencing)
- Diigo Groups
- Ning and other networks
Possible Sources for Real World Feedback
- Local experts, older students, parents, community clubs, etc.
- Technorati – Search Real Blogs & Posts – caution advised
- Aardvark – Ask real people who have some expertise on a wide range of real world subjects.
- AllExperts – post questions to real people.
- Australian Parliament – House of Representatives
WebQuest Resources
- Detailed Process for Drafting a WebQuest (doc)
- Tom’s Updated WebQuest 2.0 Process (pdf)
- Use the article above and the Designing a WebQuest 2.0 (doc)
- Freedom Fighter or Terrorist Group Scaffold Sheet (you can modify)
Articles
- Tom’s Educational Leadership article: The Learning Power of WebQuests
- Tom’s longer version: What WebQuests Are (Really).
- Bernie weighing in on “Real WebQuests”
Resources
- Tom’s WebQuests and Resources page
- The WebQuest Portal
- Questgarden
- Web-and-Flow
- BestWebQuests Assessment Rubric
WebQuests .9 & 1.0
- Bernie’s Original WebQuest Structure
- The World’s first public “WebQuest” (not)
- Tom’s Filamentality / Web-and-Flow Modifications (template)
- Other Web-based Learning Scaffolds: Definitions and Examples