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In November 2001, and February 2002, teachers from across Victoria participated
in a four day professsional development program on WebQuests. This program was
aimed at providing teachers involved with the Asia
Education Foundation with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop
online learning activities for use in the classroom.
This
professional development program was facilitated by Tom March ozline.com.
WebQuests are one
of a range of web based activities that involve the development of student centred
problem solving activities. Students work collaboratively on a real life task
taking on real life simulation roles. They use the Internet as one of many resources,
and then share what they have learned with others.
According to Tom
March, web based learning is best developed in stages. Build on what you develop
as you learn how to use the net. Start with a Hotlist of links
then build a Knowledge Hunt of facts and figures. Interest your
students with a topic introductory activity called a Subject Sampler.
A Concept Builder will prompt learners to develop concepts about
sophisticated ideas and use an Insight Reflector when you want
to encourage the open-ended personal reflection that shows evidence of a mind
at work. When you are ready to make the most of your web based learning activities
use or design a WebQuest .
Participants were
taken through the interactive site of and developed a range of online curriculum
activities. These activities can be found at victorian materials
To develop a detailed understanding of the formats provided by web-and-flow
read the article by Tom March Working the Web for Education. A brief outline of each format
and suggestions on how they can be implemented in the classroom can be found
here.
In line
with the Victorian Curriculum Standards Framework II and the Stages of Schooling these resources have been categorised under
Early Years, Middle Years and Later Years.
Additional
online activities which address studies of Asia perspectives can be found at
other sites
To find
suitable sites for studies of Asia try here
Educators
from across Victoria at the WebQuest Training Program conducted by Tom March
in November 2001 and February 2002.
This site has been developed by Lisa
Hayman, Access Asia Network Leader, Bendigo
This page was last
updated 04/05/04
Page maintained by: Lisa
Hayman
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