Blogs & Wikis as WebQuest Tasks

Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University

Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University

Introduction

WebQuests Have Evolved

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Any of Them

Don’t like this oneOr this one

Nope. They’re all bad.

The Joy of Technopouncing

The Joy of Technopouncing

Handhelds

BlogsPodcasts

Wikis

The Joy of Technopouncing

Handhelds

BlogsPodcasts

Wikis

Task

Explain how to…

1. make WebQuests more interactive; and

2. make blogs and wikis more pedagogically useful.

Process

Steps

1. Define blogs2. Define wikis3. Explore design patterns that

accommodate each

What is a Blog?

Online journal Chronological organization At least one link per entry Point of view Personal disclosure vs. Outward-

oriented

Blogs are Popular

Pew Institute on Internet & American Life: 2.2 million bloggers in early 2003

More recent studies estimate 4-7 million

Blogs updated every 0.86 seconds A new blog is created every 11

seconds

OneTrick

Tamara

Katey

Pepys Diary

The Spot

The Spot 2

The Spot 3

The Spot 4

The Spot 5

Blogging Software

Blogger WordPress Blogmeister

What is a Wiki?

Wikipedia

WikiSpaces

Wiki Software

PBWiki WikiSpaces Google Pages

Affordances

Blogs vs Wikis

Usually single author

Reverse chronological structure

Usually personal External links

Browser-based input

Usually many authors

Structure determined by the content

Usually objective Internal & external

links Brower-based

input

So how do we make good pedagogical use of blogs &

wikis???????????????????

Design Patterns

Travel Account

Historical Story

Caste System

Compilation

EdGames Micropedia WebQuest Micropedia: a tightly focused

reference work Applicable from elementary to grad

school Assignment: ten entries, spread out

among several categories

EdGames 1

EdGames 2

EdGames 3

Election 2004

Recommendation

Example WebQuest: India & Pakistan

‘India2

India3

India4

India5

India 6

http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/holocaust/tiki-index.php

Activity

Evaluation

Rubric

Quality of discussion

Fantastic Marvelous Deep

Summary

Blogs as WebQuest Tasks Simulated Diary Historical Story Travel Account

Wikis as WebQuest Tasks Compilations Recommendations

Linkshttp://webquest.org/

workshops/wq-blog-wiki/

links.html

Blogs & Wikis as WebQuest Tasks

Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University

Bernie Dodge, PhDSan Diego State University