1.+What+is+a+Webquest?

= = = __What is a Webquest?__ =

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==== A webquest uses the internet to teach students how to gather, sort, and evaluate the importance of information. Students are given a set of information to find on a given topic (eg, space or greek gods), and using either an internet search engine or a list of websites, must collect and display the information in an aesthetically pleasing manner on some sort of digital media (eg website, powerpoint, Word document). Often these webquests are made into interactive activities for the students (eg. a cruise ship through space, or a fieldtrip through the jungle), in which they are incorporated directly into the information being relayed to make it interesting and memorable. ====

==== Alternatively, the students are given a question that is relevant to them (such as “How do trees effect our ecosystem?” or “How can we reduce bullying in our school?”) and have them use the internet to create and support their position. ====

==== The original webquest model was developed by Tom March and Bernie Dodge in 1995 at San Francisco University. The purpose of this style is to develop higher order thinking by getting students to not just find the information, but determine its relevence, its authenticity, and make it interesting and aesthetically pleasing. By presenting the webquests to their classmates, they are at the same time educating themselves and their peers, therefore solidifying the knowledge in an accessible manner for many styles of learners. ====

====Webquests are designed to satisfy a number of curriculum outcomes, namely those pertaining to profiency in computer technology, but also those that reference the representing of information, the use of different types of media, and learning to collaborate with other if the Webquests are done in groups or pairs, which they often are.====