| Workshop No. |
10 |
| Workshop Leader: | Lucia Ramirez Pardo |
| School: | Colegio Anglo Colombiano |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Target: | All teachers |
| Title of Workshop: | WebQuests: a tool to develop thinking skills |
| Key Objective(s): | The purpose is to develop teachers? awareness of the possibilities of WebQuest design in promoting inquiry and in developing critical/creative thinking. |
| Description: | The workshop would include the following: First of all, a brief introduction on what WebQuests are, how they do correspond to a Constructivist approach, where students are active participants in the educational process, and the teacher?s role is that of a facilitator; and finally, how thinking, communicative, and social skills can be promoted through it. For the hands-on activity, the participants could be divided into groups, in order to do two tasks: The first one could be choosing from a given website a WebQuest on any topic that is of their interest, and to brainstorm about it, based on some given questions. The second task could be to actually design a simple WebQuest, applying the knowledge acquired in it. Finally, there would be a plenary to share experiences and to discuss about the process followed. The WebQuest would be designed using MSPublisher. |
| Length: | Double (2 hours) with practical ?hands-on? activity |