15 Ways to

Your WebQuest!According to Bernie Dodge

A PowerPoint by Pam Moeaipmoeai@graniteschools.org

Long URL’s are a Really Bad Idea

URL’s are not meant for human eyes.

Links should be used by titles. Bad: www.myedesk.org/~moeai

Good: Pam’s eDesk

Underlined Text

Do not underline text on WebPages, even if it is a title of a book or article.

Only use underline text for links.

Internet Free

Lessons In order for it to

be a WebQuest… it

MUST use the web!

What a WebQuest REALLY is…

Gratuitous Roles

Roles should be used when there are definite roles to be distinguished, as in

a farmer and a land developer, or when you are dealing with job skills

that are tied to real world jobs. Don’t make up roles if they are not

necessary. Make sure roles represent skills, or expertise, and are used to

make large tasks smaller.

Bogus Tasks

Make sure that the introduction makes sense

with the tasks. Tasks need to be real

world.

Just a Research Report?

If students are just reading a bunch of stuff only to write a report, then the

WebQuest misses the point. This does not require them to transform

information or apply knowledge. Let’s do something better if we are going to

call it a WebQuest.

Just a Worksheet?

Don’t have the student just fill out a worksheet as

result of a WebQuest.

Breathless Hyperbole?

Avoid over use of !!!, one will do the job. Don’t gussy stuff up with punctuation

marks.

Trivial Rubric Rows

Rubric items must be measuring learning, not compliance. The

rubric should be intimately attached to the learning task,

and the tasks attached to state standards. It should all be

focused on what they should be learning.

Drifting into Third Person

WebQuests should be written to the learners. It should be written to address the kids, and written in 2nd person.

Bare Beginning

The front door should not look barren. A picture that conveys the content should be used. The Introduction Page should be appealing.

Process is Just Busy Work The Process should

build toward the accomplishment of a

task that teaches something and builds on each other. Tasks should

shoot for higher level thinking.

“Stupifying” Tasks

Your task should not

make you more stupid.

Avoid ridiculous tasks.

Procedural Task

Avoid procedural tasks that contain

several steps.

Credits and Bibliography

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