GET TO KNOW WEBQUEST

GET TO KNOW WEBQUEST

QUESTION 1:
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented with videoconferencing. (from this )

QUESTION 2:
There are six essential components: (from this site)
i) Introduction
ii) Tasks
iii) Process
iv) Resourses
v) Evaluation
vi) Conclusion

QUESTION 3:

The focus of short-term and long-term Webquest
Short Term WebQuests: The instructional goal of a short term WebQuest is knowledge acquisition and integration. At the end of a short term WebQuest, a learner will have grappled with a significant amount of new information and made sense of it.
Longer Term WebQuest: The instructional goal of a longer term WebQuest is extending and refining knowledge. After completing a longer term WebQuest, a learner would have analyzed a body of knowledge deeply, transformed it in some way, and demonstrated an understanding of the material by creating something that others can respond to, on-line or off-. (from this site)

QUESTION 4:

Benefits of the Webquest
• Tomorrow's workers will need to be able to work in teams.
• Individuals will move through several careers in the course of a lifetime.
• The issues facing citizens will become more and more complex, and societal problems will resist easy fixes or black-and-white categorization.
• The amount of information available to everyone will grow at an accelerating pace; much of it will come directly from a growing number of sources without filtering or verification. (from this site)