Webquest+PD

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 * ===Introduction- Using the Internet in the classroom===
 * Internet workshop
 * Use one (or a limited number of) comprehensive website(s)
 * Teach navigation and searching for information
 * Students complete open-ended activity using site(s)
 * Learn content & critical thinking
 * Students share findings
 * Cooperative learning
 * Internet project
 * Collaborative
 * Different classes share info on a website
 * Classes can communicate directly with one another
 * Use matching sites to find partners:
 * Global SchoolNet Internet Projects Registry
 * Internet Inquiry
 * Students identify a topic
 * Develop questions
 * Search for information
 * Evaluate information they locate
 * Synthesize findings and compose an end product
 * Share the end product
 * Webquest
 * “Inquiry-oriented lesson”
 * Clearly defined structure
 * Self-contained unit contains links to information

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 * ===What exactly is a webquest?===
 * Listen to Bernie Dodge, originator of the webquest concept:
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 * ===What’s so great about a webquest?===
 * Lets you incorporate vast resources of web- go beyond the textbook
 * Ideal for differentiation- allows depth of discovery within predefined limits, self-paced
 * Promotes cooperative learning
 * Develops higher-order thinking skills
 * Motivates through authentic learning activities

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