For the purposes of this class, we will NOT cover these three topics IN DEPTH. We will only cover the basics. Don't try to take it all in. Just get comfortable with the basics. You'll have plenty of time in your teaching career to experiment and try all the methods.
What are the main differnces between these three teaching/learning techniques?
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995 with early input from SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow Tom March, the Educational Technology staff at San Diego Unified School District, and waves of participants each summer at the Teach the Teachers Consortium .
There is a lot of information about WebQuests out there. (just do a
Google search) I'm not planning to share the specifics about webquest
with you right away. I prefer you learn about it by doing activity 2
below.
You can get a great introduction to WebQuests at the following sites...
Useful WebQuest Resources : The resources on this page are designed to be useful to teacher educators and staff developers who are putting together a course or workshop about WebQuests. There's a lot to choose from!
QuestGarden Overview : QuestGarden is an online authoring tool, community and hosting service that is designed to make it easier and quicker to create a high quality WebQuest. No knowledge of web editing or uploading is required. Prompts, guides and examples are provided for each step of the process. Images, worksheets and other documents can easily be attached or embedded in the WebQuest, and users have complete control over the appearance of the final lesson. $20/two year subscription. 30 day free trial.
From Wikipedia...