Pre Symposium Planning
Before you come to the 1999 Triton and Patterns Summer Symposium, please review these sites.
1. Project
selection: Covers four filters that will aid you in
selecting your new project idea.
The WebQuest project should:
- be tied to local, state or national curriculum standards;
- replace a lesson that you've not totally satisfied with;
- make good use of the Web;
- require a degree of understanding that goes beyond mere comprehension.
2. Project Idea Proposal Form: A form for submitting your idea for a new WebQuest.
***Complete this by July 1!***
3. A Taxonomy of WebQuest Tasks: Twelve types of tasks that focus on what learners will do.
- Compilation - ask what is essential? how are things related?
- Retelling - build background knowledge
- Mystery Solving - synthesize and analyze
- Journalistic Report - look at bias
- Design - develop a real-world solution or product
- Creative Product - create or artistically express
- Consensus Building - understand different points of view
- Persuasion - focus on a particular audience
- Self-Knowledge - sharpen goals, values
- Analytical - speculate or infer as to the meaning of similarities or differences
- Judgment - develop criteria for evaluation
- Scientific - collect data to support an hypothesis
4. Task Design Worksheet: A process for thinking about learner tasks.
***Complete before attending Summer Symposium!***
Matrix of WebQuest Examples: Examples of WebQuests by curriculum area and grade level; includes featured lessons.
Readings and Training Materials: Includes new strategies for searching and a rubric for evaluating WebQuests.
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