USING WEBQUESTS TO MAXIMIZE LANGUAGE

LEARNING

Jennifer Andrea Solano JiménezFarith Amin Lasso

Master degree in English DidacticsLanguage Learning Resources

Universidad SurcolombianaUniversidad de Caldas

June 2008

OUTLINE

CONCEPT

TYPES OF WEBQUESTS

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD WEBQUEST

WEBQUESTS ELEMENTS

ADVANTAGES OF WEBQUESTS

EXAMPLES

REFERENCES

WHAT IS A WEBQUEST?

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. (Dodge, 1995)

TYPES OF WEBQUESTS

Short Term WebQuests

Longer Term WebQuest

A GOOD WEBQUEST MUST HAVE A “HOOK”

RELY ON MATERIAL THAT IS AGE AND ABILITY APPROPRIATE

CAN BE COLLABORATIVE

BE HIGHLY VISUAL

ARE EASY TO USE

LINKED TO THE REST OF YOUR IN-CLASS CONTENT

SOME SORT OF BUILT-IN EVALUATION MECHANISM

WEBQUESTS ELEMENTS

TASKS

CONCLUSION

EVALUATION

PROCESS

RESOURCES

INTRODUCTION

A good webquest puts the power of the web behind your topic

Webquests are a way to let students work at their own pace

A webquest lets students explore selected areas in more depth

Webquests offer a dynamic approach to teaching the value of research

Webquests can also increase the "comfort level" of students

ADVANTAGES OF WEBQUEST

REFERENCESDodge, B. 1995a. “Some thoughts about WebQuests”. <http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html>. [Consulta 05/06/2004].

Dodge, B. 1995. “WebQuests: a technique for Internet-based learning”. Distance Educator, 1, 2: 10-13.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-b.shtml

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Practice_of_Learning_Theories/Using_WebQuests_in_English_as_a_Second_Language_Contexts

http://www.aula21.net/index.htm