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WebQuests: Where Technology
Meets Educational Best Practice
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Let’s Analyze!
Here are the steps we'll follow for the analysis phase of our
work. Click a link for more information:
Role
Assignments
For this activity,
participants will each assume one of the four roles named above (originally
proposed by Bernie Dodge for a similar activity analyzing WebQuests). They
can be briefly described as follows below.
| Efficiency Expert
- This person is concerned with
getting the curriculum covered. She would be keeping a watchful eye
on a WebQuest to determine if relevant objectives are covered with a
minimum of wasted time. |
Affiliator - This person believes quality learning
experiences require some form of collaboration or teamwork. He would
be checking to see what kinds of interaction will be required for students
to complete a WebQuest. |
| Technophile - This person thinks technology should be
used to add some glitz and flash to a web site. She expects the site
to work smoothly, but also to include good graphics, nice page layout,
easy navigation, and maybe even some use of multimedia. |
Altitudinist - This person wants those higher order
thinking skills emphasized. Covering many objectives is not nearly
as important to him as having students demonstrate deeper levels of
understanding. |
See the Sites
From the perspective of YOUR role, take a look at one of the following
sites. Meet with your similar role groups to discuss your perspectives and
prepare a presentation to the other participants about your viewpoints.
Here are the sites:
Group Discussion
Return to the mixed-role groups and present
your views. Discuss pros and cons of each site - see if the group
can reach a consensus about which site is better and why!
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