PowerPoint Tip - Create a WebQuest in PowerPoint

A WebQuest is an activity usually created by teachers for their students that leads students to respond to questions using Web-based resources There is an emphasis on using information rather than just collect. Therefore, students are required to use the analytical skills and critical thinking to solve a problem or question.

WebQuests have been developed at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge, PhD, Professor of Educational Technology there. Dr. Dodge defines a WebQuest as having 6 components:

* Introduction: A simple overview of what is to come. If the WebQuest takes place in a story, the Introduction introduces the plot and characters. For example, "Are you traveling in ancient India. You need to gather crucial information about the culture to avoid being thrown out of the country."

* Task: The details of the sale. The activities are often numbered lists of items to accomplish in order to complete the mission. Explain the necessary tools for documentation of results, as Micrisoft Word or PowerPoint.

* Process: Here students work together to develop action plans, and find ways to solve the problem presented. Here is where you put resources online for students to investigate.

* Evaluation: The evaluation phase centers on goals heading, prospectus for the research and the standards by which performance will be measured.

* Conclusion: This is a brief summary, usually in a tone of congratulation that surrounds the project.

While there are several tools to help teachers create webquests HTML, you can create them in PowerPoint as well. Why PowerPoint? Because teachers are more familiar with it!

The core technology is WebQuest hyperlinks, and hyperlinks are easy to create in PowerPoint.

Start designing your WebQuest and breaking it down into an introduction, task list, process, evaluation section, and conclusion.

In PowerPoint, open a new presentation file and use the title slide for the name of the WebQuest.

On the second slide, insert an introductory text. Use more than one slide if necessary. You probably do not want bullets.

Add a new slide and enter text for the activity or activities. If the tasks are numbered, select the text and number the text by selecting the Numbering button on the Formatting toolbar. (In 2007, the Home tab, Paragraph group, click the Numbering button.) If you need to give further instructions, such as the size of the final result (Word document? PowerPoint Presentation? Oral report?), Use another Slide.

Add a new slide to the section of the process and provide the necessary instructions. Then create links to Web sites that you want students to use .......