FOR TEACHERS:
After researching information from the varios websites and completing the tasks from this webquest, it is hoped that students will gain a better knowledge about how to prepare a Topic for Trinity.
This webquest has been designed for students who are learning English, whose level of English is Elementary. The main objective is to motivate the student in speaking English.
This webquest is based in the Theory of the Constructivist Learning, exactly in the Mediated Learning where the student plays the leading role. Here the mediator is the teacher, the Instrumental Mediation is the Webquest and the Protagonist is the student.
I have designed this webquest following the model proposed by Bernie Dodge (Eduteka April 2002) and his taxonomy of tasks. Exactly, I have used some of them as follows:
Collection task: The students will take information from different selected webs learning vocabulary and will decide where to go, stay and visit.
Journalist Task: The students will investigate about the timetables of flights, hotel reservations, prices, etc.
Consensus and Persuasion Task: The students will have different opinions about where to go and the type of travel they would like to do. They will have to arrive at a consensus to decide which place should be more suitable for their own budget. The student will persuade his partner about his decision.
Analitic Task: Students will organise their topic using a "Map mind".
Self-knowledge Task: They will think about knowledge in language use and vocabulary about "travelling".
Creative Products Task: They will use their creativity to make up a poster with the information that they have found.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Php Webquest
Spartanburg County School District Three
Best Webquest
Webquest Training Material
