Process: Steps 4-7
Process Step 4: Design a WebQuest using Backward Design
Process Step 4: Design a WebQuest using Backward Design
Where do you begin? The core, of course! Decide on the core curriculum standard you will address in this WebQuest. The core curriculum is the most important thing to consider - you want to be sure that your WebQuest is aligned with your objectives and helps students to progress in their understanding of your content.
Where do you begin? The core, of course! Decide on the core curriculum standard you will address in this WebQuest. The core curriculum is the most important thing to consider - you want to be sure that your WebQuest is aligned with your objectives and helps students to progress in their understanding of your content.
After you select your standard and objective, download the WebQuest Lesson Plan template and use it as a guide to creating your WebQuest.
After you select your standard and objective, download the WebQuest Lesson Plan template and use it as a guide to creating your WebQuest.
Here are the Instructional Procedures for a WebQuest
Here are the Instructional Procedures for a WebQuest
Step 1: Teacher selected problem and preliminary research
Step 1: Teacher selected problem and preliminary research
Explain the problem that you will pose and where you found the resources to support the task that you designed.
Explain the problem that you will pose and where you found the resources to support the task that you designed.
Step 2: Presentation of problem within WebQuest
Step 2: Presentation of problem within WebQuest
Explain how you will capture your students’ interests (This is the Introduction & the Task).
Explain how you will capture your students’ interests (This is the Introduction & the Task).
Step 3: Student gather data and information to solve problem
Step 3: Student gather data and information to solve problem
Explain the process that the students will go through and the resources they will use to gather information and complete the task (This is the Process).
Explain the process that the students will go through and the resources they will use to gather information and complete the task (This is the Process).
Step 4: Students develop and verify solutions
Step 4: Students develop and verify solutions
Explain how student will demonstrate what they learned and how they will reflect on the process of completing the WebQuest (This is the evaluation & the conclusion).
Explain how student will demonstrate what they learned and how they will reflect on the process of completing the WebQuest (This is the evaluation & the conclusion).
WebQuest Lesson Plan Template.docxStep 5: PLANNING your WebQuest
Step 5: PLANNING your WebQuest
Watch the video below to learn what to do next. Ignore the end when he talks about QuestGarden - we will be using Google Sites, Wix, or Weebly.
Watch the video below to learn what to do next. Ignore the end when he talks about QuestGarden - we will be using Google Sites, Wix, or Weebly.
Start a Google Doc or other word processing document. Craft the description of the Task (this should be a brief overview of what they will do in the WebQuest and the final project) in that document.
Start a Google Doc or other word processing document. Craft the description of the Task (this should be a brief overview of what they will do in the WebQuest and the final project) in that document.
Then, write the full assignment description for the project that your students will create for the unit. When you have finished writing your assignment description, create a rubric to help you evaluate your students’ work. You can use the templates available on http://rubistar.4teachers.org as a starting place, but be sure to make the rubric specific to your content and requirements.
Then, write the full assignment description for the project that your students will create for the unit. When you have finished writing your assignment description, create a rubric to help you evaluate your students’ work. You can use the templates available on http://rubistar.4teachers.org as a starting place, but be sure to make the rubric specific to your content and requirements.
Add the assignment description and rubric to your Google Doc. We will use these later.
Add the assignment description and rubric to your Google Doc. We will use these later.
You will then build your WebQuest around the core and the task.
You will then build your WebQuest around the core and the task.
When you have completed your backward design to this point, create the Introduction for your WebQuest. WebQuests are inquiry- and/or problem-based learning environments. Therefore, your WebQuest must begin with a question or problem. The Introduction of your WebQuest should include an authentic scenario that presents the question or problem in a meaningful way. See the Spanish WebQuest for an example and visit other sites as recommended in Step 3 to see other examples. Remember that the Introduction should provide an authentic (real) context and a problem or question that students will solve or answer through the WebQuest. You may choose to use your Essential Question(s) as part of this Introduction.
When you have completed your backward design to this point, create the Introduction for your WebQuest. WebQuests are inquiry- and/or problem-based learning environments. Therefore, your WebQuest must begin with a question or problem. The Introduction of your WebQuest should include an authentic scenario that presents the question or problem in a meaningful way. See the Spanish WebQuest for an example and visit other sites as recommended in Step 3 to see other examples. Remember that the Introduction should provide an authentic (real) context and a problem or question that students will solve or answer through the WebQuest. You may choose to use your Essential Question(s) as part of this Introduction.
What question, problem, or scenario would best introduce your WebQuest? Craft your Introduction in the document you started earlier.
What question, problem, or scenario would best introduce your WebQuest? Craft your Introduction in the document you started earlier.
Next, you'll need to work on the Process. What resources will you need to provide for your students? What will you need to include in the process? Watch the video below to get some answers to that last question. Once again, ignore the information about QuestGarden.
Next, you'll need to work on the Process. What resources will you need to provide for your students? What will you need to include in the process? Watch the video below to get some answers to that last question. Once again, ignore the information about QuestGarden.
So, the Process section is where you'll create your daily lessons for your WebQuest. Each lesson should include step-by-step instructions of all tasks, including all of the resources and scaffolding students will need to complete them and formative assessments of their progress. Your WebQuest process should also include elements of collaboration and/or choice to promote intrinsic motivation. Finally, the Process should walk students through the creation of their final project - this is where the assignment description that you created earlier comes in.
So, the Process section is where you'll create your daily lessons for your WebQuest. Each lesson should include step-by-step instructions of all tasks, including all of the resources and scaffolding students will need to complete them and formative assessments of their progress. Your WebQuest process should also include elements of collaboration and/or choice to promote intrinsic motivation. Finally, the Process should walk students through the creation of their final project - this is where the assignment description that you created earlier comes in.
For the design phase, you will need to plan everything out, finding all of the websites, determining what scaffolding and assessments you'll need, etc. Make an outline in your document for each day of your Process.
For the design phase, you will need to plan everything out, finding all of the websites, determining what scaffolding and assessments you'll need, etc. Make an outline in your document for each day of your Process.
Be sure to use a variety of teaching models in your WebQuest (at least two). Just because you're teaching online, it doesn't mean you have to be boring! Use the tools and models that we have learned in class to add engagement and higher-order activities to your WebQuest. Feel free to use podcasting, digital presentations, video, Padlets, AnswerGardens, Google Docs and Forms, etc. throughout your WebQuest, as well!
Be sure to use a variety of teaching models in your WebQuest (at least two). Just because you're teaching online, it doesn't mean you have to be boring! Use the tools and models that we have learned in class to add engagement and higher-order activities to your WebQuest. Feel free to use podcasting, digital presentations, video, Padlets, AnswerGardens, Google Docs and Forms, etc. throughout your WebQuest, as well!
Finally, you will need to craft your Evaluation, Conclusion, and Teacher Page.
Finally, you will need to craft your Evaluation, Conclusion, and Teacher Page.
The Evaluation page should explain to students in detail the following two things:
The Evaluation page should explain to students in detail the following two things:
1. What will be evaluated?
1. What will be evaluated?
2. How it will be evaluated?
2. How it will be evaluated?
You should already have created a rubric for your project, but you may want to revisit it to ensure that it is still appropriate for the completed unit. You should also explain to students how any other submitted assignments will be graded. See the Spanish WebQuest for an example. Add this information to your document.
You should already have created a rubric for your project, but you may want to revisit it to ensure that it is still appropriate for the completed unit. You should also explain to students how any other submitted assignments will be graded. See the Spanish WebQuest for an example. Add this information to your document.
The Conclusion should summarize what students have learned and accomplished throughout the WebQuest. It should also encourage students to use what they have learned in meaningful ways or suggest ways in which what they have learned can be useful and meaningful. Add this section to your document.
The Conclusion should summarize what students have learned and accomplished throughout the WebQuest. It should also encourage students to use what they have learned in meaningful ways or suggest ways in which what they have learned can be useful and meaningful. Add this section to your document.
The Teacher Page should include your WebQuest Lesson Plan.
The Teacher Page should include your WebQuest Lesson Plan.
That's it! It's all designed! Now you just have to build it!
That's it! It's all designed! Now you just have to build it!
Step 6: CREATING your WebQuest
Step 6: CREATING your WebQuest
It is now time to actually create your WebQuest. You can build it in Google Sites, Wix, or Weebly. You should have a separate page for each section of the WebQuest, as you've seen modeled.
It is now time to actually create your WebQuest. You can build it in Google Sites, Wix, or Weebly. You should have a separate page for each section of the WebQuest, as you've seen modeled.
Step 7: EVALUATING your WebQuest
Step 7: EVALUATING your WebQuest
On the last class before field, you will bring up your WebQuest on your computer and your peers will have an opportunity to go through it and evaluate it. Be sure that your WebQuest is complete and meets all of the requirements!
On the last class before field, you will bring up your WebQuest on your computer and your peers will have an opportunity to go through it and evaluate it. Be sure that your WebQuest is complete and meets all of the requirements!