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.
Do not forget to sign your entries!
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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 - Animals
WebQuest - A Trip to Egypt
WebQuest - A Diary of the Survivor
Märc, Bontempo
OdpovědětVymazat1) Most important -> less important:
Information processing
Information search
Autonomy
Fun
Creativity
2) LIFE IN A COMMUNISTIC STATE
Target group: 15 - 19 = High school students
Final product: Listing different views of the era in the communistic state by the parents of the target group and their grandparents.
1)Information search-information processing-fun-autonomy-creativity
OdpovědětVymazat2)Students will return to the times of communism and compare their everyday student lives now to those during communism. Target group: 14-15 years old.
Kopecká, Kovaříková, Pokorná
CORRECTION:
Vymazat2)A time machine threw you to 1970's. You are a teacher and you need to prepare lesson from Czech literature.
Kopecká, Kovaříková, Pokorná
TASK 1:
OdpovědětVymazat• information search (1)
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…) (3)
• creativity (2)
• autonomy (4)
• fun (5)
TASK 2: University abroad or in the Czech republic
target group: 19/20 (last year of high school)
Final product: comparing advantages and disadvantages studying university abroad or in the Czech republic (paying scolarship, living, insurance, friends and family)
Fišerová, Krupičková
Burgetová, Nováková
OdpovědětVymazat1) Most important -> less important:
• information processing
• creativity
• fun
• information search
• autonomy
2)
Topic: dating person from the USA, after few years deciding where to live and have a family - Czech vs USA (target group: 14+,
final product: comparing both states and choose one based on ex: citizenship, work, money, housing...)
Tento komentář byl odstraněn autorem.
OdpovědětVymazatPrchal, Zákravský
OdpovědětVymazat1)
- information search
- information proccesing
- creativity
- autonomy
- fun
2) Topic:
Plan the expedition to the Denali mountain.
Target group - university PE students.
Final product: complete list of equipment, time schedule of climbing (where to rest etc.) Risk to consider (speed of ascending etc.)
1)
OdpovědětVymazat1 - information processing
2 - autonomy
3 - information search
4 - fun
5 - creativity
2)
Senior high school students (/college students) are supposed to find information about life in the 18th century in US/in the UK and to compare it to todays life and evaluate which areas of life were better then and which are better now.
1) Information processing
OdpovědětVymazatCreativity
Information search
Fun
Autonomy
2) Topic: Organizing a party for classical music (from the 17th to the 19th century) lovers.
You have to decide which composers you can invite, focus on art movement and historical context.
Target group: 15+
Final product: Orientation in differences of specific artistic - music periods.
Working with sources.
Learning more information about classical music (composers, composition, history).
Ulbrichtová, Sopova
Berlov, Hartlová
OdpovědětVymazat1)
Information search
Information processing
Fun
Autonomy - real life situations
Creativity
2) target group 18+, you and your friends are going to the Amazonian rainforest. Try to prepare your self to survive this "trip" (there are lots of dangerous animals) and find out all their secret and mysteries.
parádní nápad!!
VymazatVaňková, Pavlisová
OdpovědětVymazat1) WebQuest characteristic:
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
• autonomy
• creativity
• fun
• information search
2) Topic: "Movie making" - Target group: 17-18 years old, high school
- final product: be prepared to shoot a movie (have idea, have actors, screenplay, budget, information about the market - what the audience is interested in)
- roles: director, scriptwriter, producent, econom (team of 4 people)
• fun
OdpovědětVymazat• creativity
• information search
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
• autonomy
Target group - 15-18
Theme 1. In the footsteps of Jules Verne
a)How would you survive on the the Mysterious Island (Biologist, Cartographer, The Rock, Doctor(first aid))
b)Journey to the Center of the Earth (Biologist, Cartographer, The Rock, Doctor(first aid))
Final product:
Choosing one of the roles with different task and skills. The goal is to be prepared for surviving on the mysterious place.
Theme 2. Conspiracy theories
a) Stonehenge - Group of four (historian, scientist, fan of cospiracy, normal guy)
b) Bermuda Triangle - Group of three (scientist, fan of cospiracy, normal guy)
Final product:
Choosing one of the roles with different task and opinions. The goal is to analyze the facts, conspiracy theories, etc. and form the opinion.
Tupý, Radoměřská
Machovcová, Kuberová
OdpovědětVymazatTASK 1: information processing, fun, information search, creativity, autonomy
TASK 2:
Topic → Make a Dating Website Profile of composer Georg Friedrich Händel.
Target group → 8/9th grade
Final product → Profile on Dating Website
1) Information processing
OdpovědětVymazatInformation search
Autonomy
Creativity
Fun
2) Czech, American and British students are on Erasmus and are staying together during Christmas. They all want to their how they celebrate Christmas. Find out what traditions, Christmas food and Christmas carols will each student present to others. Compare the similarities and differences.
Target group: High school students
Final Product: Discovering new cultural values and traditions.
Brůžová, Pluhařová, Vlčková
1) info processing, creativity, autonomy, fun, info search
OdpovědětVymazat2) Camping in the Irish woods vs Camping in the Czech woods
T.G.- 15+
- Look for the equipment you can buy with the same budget in Ireland and in Czech. What might be dangerous about camping in Czech and in Ireland? Is it legal to camp in Czech and Ireland?
F.P.- comparing advantages and disadvantages of camping in Czech and in Ireland based on safety, money spent, entertainment and extreme situations solving
Main characteristics:
OdpovědětVymazat1. Interestingness/Fun/Catchiness
2. Learning new information
3. Autonomy
4. Creativity
WebQuest topic:
You are the head of a sport of your choice that is not at the Olympics games. Your job is to fight and provide the most information and detail as possible to persuade the Olympic committee to approve your sport for the next Olympic games. Compare it with different already approved Olympic sports. Search for history, origin, fan base, popularity. What will it bring for the Olympics? Try to be as specific as possible. The more spicy stuff you can bring to the table the better.
Final product: Learning about how the Olympic games work, how sports get approved + learning special information about your chosen sport.
Hlava J.