A WebQuest is an effective tool for USING English. In the following weeks, you will find out how it works, and we will discuss the design of your first WebQuest.
REMEMBER: A good WebQuest
- uses Internet resources (written in good authentic English)
- requires independent thinking, not mechanic copying from references
- is based on information processing: the students search for facts, evaluate, and come to their your own conclusions
TASK 1 - Order the main characteristics of a webquest according to their importance.
TASK 2 - Suggest a WebQuest topic (incl. defining the target group and final product).
Put both into the comments to this blog entry.
You can work individually, in pairs or in groups of three.
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Students projects at https://pcskills-ujep.blogspot.com/2019/12/webquest-presentations.html
WebQuest Home Page
Example: Greece or China?
A tool for making and publishing presentations online
WebQuest characteristic:
• information search
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
• creativity
• autonomy
• fun
What is necessary:
• clear instructions
• clear description of the final product
• adequate choice of internet sources, with comments
WebQuest from the T’s point of view:
• choosing topic and task
• TIME – web search, detailing the process, clear and logical instructions
• focus on information processing – prevent plagiarism
• focus on authentic English resources
WebQuest from the Ss point of view:
• TASK
• instructions
• tips + web URLs
• final product
• autonomy + freedom of choice
• creativity
Look at the WebQuest template to learn more about its structure.
Inspiration:
WebQuest - Vaccination
WebQuest - A Trip to Egypt
WebQuest - A Diary of the Survivor
Task 1 : Most important is information processing (task).
OdpovědětVymazatSecond most important is search (personalisation + motivation).
Third would be both creativity and autonomy (references and links).
The least important is fun but its still important.
Task 2 : Search information about Jack the Ripper and his actions. He was never caught so we do not know who he was. Imagine yourself in his role and describe your day.
Target group is highschool students. And the goal is for them to find out something about character of Jack the Ripper and learn more about this theme.
Budinský + Fleišerová
The main characteristics of a WebQuest? It has to have clear instructions, clear description of the final product and adequate choice of internet sources with comment. WebQuest has to include information search, processing, creativity, autonomy and fun.
OdpovědětVymazatMy suggested topic for a WebQuest would be the one I am working on for the credit requirements. The topic is Indian Wars and the task is something along the lines of: describe a day of an ordinary Indian woman during the Indian Wars.Target group would be highschool students and they should research information about customs and culture of native americans and how was their life during the colonisation process.
Maťková
a great idea - language+history+cultural studies in a single task. any pre-set year or decade?
VymazatHamplová, Hašková
OdpovědětVymazatTask 1
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
• creativity
• information search
• autonomy
• fun
Task 2
How would have Great Gatsby ended if Daisy and Gatsby did not kill Myrtle Wilson?
-high schoool, subject: Literature
-final product: alternating ending to the story
Svoboda
OdpovědětVymazattask 1
information search
information processing
autonomy
creativity
fun
task 2
how faster would WW2 ended if there was internet
info search
OdpovědětVymazatcreativity
info processing
fun
topic:a day in roman legionnaire - prepare their daily routine
autonomy
Hoření, Košová
OdpovědětVymazatTask 1: Fun, Information processing, information search, creativity, autonomy
Task 2: The target group is high school students, who want to go study abroad. Their task is to find information about the study program, requirements for the study, visa requirements, living nourishment and transportation.
TASK 1:
OdpovědětVymazat1.) information processing
2.) creativity
3.) fun
4.) information search
5.) autonomy
TASK 2:
Topic = What would the life of princess Diana be like if she did not die in the car crash
Target group = highschoolers
Leitgebová, Vránová, Jelínek ♥
Fun
OdpovědětVymazatInformation processing
creativity
autonomy
information search
Webquest Topic: You find a stray animal on the street and you need to find a way how to take care of it. (search local shelters, vets, capture stations)
Target group is 11-12 years.
Final product will be a guideline for your classmates for handling this type of situation.
Kuželík a Fulierová
TASK 1
OdpovědětVymazat1. information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
2. information search
3. autonomy
4. creativity
5. fun
Task 2
TOPIC: Fast food fact finder
P.E. students
You have been hired as the nutrition consultant to a major league sports team. Since the team spends a lot of time on the road, and need to travel to their next competition site in a relatively short time, most meals will be eaten on the road.
Question: Is it possible to eat a healthy diet at fast food restaurants?
Vanický, Hodková, Vítková
Task 1:
OdpovědětVymazat3.information search
1.information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
4.creativity
2.autonomy
5.fun
Task 2:
Describe the features of Strum und Drang and its reflection in German literature and concetrate on the work written by J. C. F. von Schiller 'Die Räuber'. Compare the play 'Die Räuber' and the opera version composed by Giuseppe Verdi. List the differences between both works. Schiller was dead at the time the opera was released. How would he comment it? Would he like?
Target group: students of german studies
Malindová + Mračková
1. fun
OdpovědětVymazat2. creativity
3. information processing
4. information search
5. autonomy
Topic: Safe Use of Internet - Create your own fake-news article that can be posted on social media and include some fake websites.
Václavíček, Bleha, Kasan
Target group - 9th grade
VymazatTask 1:
OdpovědětVymazat1) information processing
2 creativity/fun
3) information search
4) autonomy
Task 2:
Read "Fall of the House of Usher".
What would happen if the narrator did not escape from the house? Write the end using features of gothic literature.
target group: highschoolers
Bydlová, Kořínková, Navrátilová
Tento komentář byl odstraněn autorem.
OdpovědětVymazatTASK 1:
OdpovědětVymazat1. information processing
2. information search
3. creativity & fun
4. autonomy
TASK 2:
How would you as a teacher solve a situation when a fire breaks out on a visit of a museum with your class on a trip in the UK?
-target group: 2nd degree of elementary school
-final product: enable children of different age to have an opportunity to try what it´s like to be a teacher facing a life-threating situation
Simona Jandová