2. Wonderful World
of Webquests
Kristen Wheat
&
Kimberly Massengale

3. Our Purpose Today…
Discuss CCSS Performance Tasks
Describe Performance-Based Tasks and Webquests
Complete a “Webquest on Webquests”
Post your findings on Today’s Meet
Decide what makes a Webquest effective
Debrief and complete session survey

4. CCSS & Performance Tasks
As part of the CCSS Assessment, students in grades
3-12 will complete up to 5 performance tasks each year.
measure understanding, research skills, analysis,
and the ability to provide relevant evidence
measure complex assessment targets
demonstrate ability to think and reason
require higher-order thinking skills
allow for multiple approaches for collecting
evidence of a student’s knowledge and abilities
use real-world contexts
integrate knowledge and skills
require students to plan, write,
edit, and revise their results

5. What does this look like?
• Student-Guided Discoveries – teacher becomes the “Guide on the Side”
• Inquiry is built into daily plan-
"Inquiry" is defined as "a seeking for truth, information, or knowledge -- seeking information by questioning and synthesizing information."
• Training of students in Performance-based Tasks like …WEBQUESTS

6. What is a Webquest?
• A webquest is an assignment which asks
students to use the World Wide Web to learn
about and/or synthesize their knowledge on a
specific topic
• A “true” webquest, as originally designed by Bernie Dodge and Tom March, requires synthesis of the new
knowledge by accomplishing a “task,” often to solve a hypothetical problem or address a real-world issue
Webquest 101
http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml

7. What is a Webquest?
• Simpler web activities designed for students to investigate and collect new knowledge from web-based sources can also be a more engaging
and effective replacement for read-the-chapter-and-complete-the-review-questions.
• The quality of your webquest depends on the ideas and thought that go into it more than on flashy presentation technologies. It’s easy
to create a mediocre webquest, and it’s far more difficult to create a quest that really works well.
Webquest 101
http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml

8. A Research “Quest”
An easy way to create a structured
research opportunity for student-guided
inquiry is to create a Webquest using
Educator Pages
Pros: You can create pages for FREE
Cons: You will start from scratch and have no
on-site guidance

9. A True Webquest contains…
• A "road map." This is the list of web sites or locations which you want your students to visit. This section should include an introduction which
explains the purpose of the webquest and the object of the search, hunt, or other "hook" that you’ve built into your quest.
Webquest 101
http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml

10. A True Webquest contains…
• A task sheet. Depending on the structure of your quest, this sheet could be a rubric, answer sheet, or even a list of clues. Regardless of the precise structure, however, this sheet is used to record the results
of the quest. There may be one sheet per student or one per group, depending on how you want students to complete the assignment.
Webquest 101
http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml

11. A True Webquest contains…
• A summary presentation. Good webquests require students to show what they have learned. Remember that the web is a multimedia tool, and if you
can allow students a wide range of flexibility in presenting their findings, you will carry this approach back into the classroom long after the computers are
turned off.
• This is where inquiry and Performance-Based Tasks play an important role

12. Webquest on Webquests
Your Task:
-Work with your team to complete
Your role in the “Webquest on
Webquests”
-Once you have completed the quest,
you will respond to the questions on
“Today’s Meet”
www.todaysmeet.com/2013meca

13. Let’s Explore…
Where do we begin?
Choose your task and Standards then choose a platform…such
as…
Questgarden.com or zunal.com
meca2013 webquest

14. Spark Learning Solutions LLC
www.providingthespark.com
Click on the “members” tab
and complete the Meca 2013 Survey
Thank you for participating!!

15. Resources
Inquiry--
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html
Webquest 101—
http://legacy.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml
Webquest Video Series--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyht-ehlAWY