Day 1

 

Time

Topic

8:30 - 9:15 am

Welcome and Symposium Overview
Review of the
WebQuest Taskonomy


9:20 - 10:55 am

Improving the Task
Taskmastery Exercise

Working in pairs, spend 20 minutes examining the Task section of
the existing WebQuest of your partner and generate suggestions on how they might improve their Task section.


11:00 - 12:00 noon

Rubrics Revisited
Good Examples:
Radio Days | Hello Dolly | Gilded Age
Steps to Create a Rubric

Exercise: Working in pairs, download the
template and begin to draft a rubric for one of these WebQuests:

Take 10 minutes to examine your own WebQuest and reflect on how you'd improve the Evaluation section.


LUNCH


1:00 - 2:15 pm

Searching Revisited
Before you Search
Seven Steps to Better Searching
Specialized Search Engines
Scavenger Hunt


2:20 - 3:30 pm

Aesthetic Makeover
Fine Points
Exercise:
Download and refine the Generic WebQuest
Pair Feedback: Use the
Fine Points Checklist to give feedback to the person next to you on their WebQuest.


3:30 pm

Session Evaluation