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Home Welcome About Tom March Bald Self-Promotion In-Person Recorded Keynote Past Keynotes Writings Invent the Next Era Of Education What WebQuests Are (Really) 4 Tips on Data Analytics for Educators 4 Types of Data Analytics for Educators Learning Power of WebQuests – ASCD iBook – Brutal Truths for Schools Choosing Apps by Design The New WWW: Whatever, Whenever, Wherever WebQuests & More Tips for WebQuest Designers The Edge-ucators Way Look to Learn Tumblr Look to Learn Immersion ClassPortals Eyes on Art Catcher: Some Crazy Cliff Tools Thesis Builder Electra-Guides Web-and-Flow Filamentality Workshops Digital Teaching Skills Understanding by Design Tom’s UbD Workshop Demonstrating Understanding of UbD Contact Tom eMail Newsletter TpT Store Who is Tom and Why is he chattering on about WebQuests? August 2, 2022 July 31, 2022 by tmarch Hi all, As part of the Quick and Dirty WebQuest PL series on Youtube Playlist , I thought a few (a very few ? ) people might be interested in a bit of background about my role and perspective on developing WebQuests. So here’s a backgrounder video followed by links to the WebQuests and articles referred to in the video. Please subscribe if you’re interested in WebQuests and let me know through the comments section what you’re interested in and I’ll address this aspects. Links to WebQuests and Articles Some Thoughts about WebQuests – Prof. Bernie Dodge’s article that launched the craze.” Searching for China (non-WebQuest version) Searching for China 2.0 – includes thePlaying Field” scaffold for the Group Synthesis Tuskegee Tragedy – example of learning from resources and scaffolding an analysis of arguments. Little Rock 9, Integration 0? – features use of a ThesisBuilder for scaffold an essay response. Look Who’s Footing the Bill! – WebQuest on the US Budget, including the great (retired) Budget Explorer as part of the Group Synthesis . The Learning Power of WebQuests – published in ASCD’s Educational Leadership What WebQuests are (Really) – full explanation of the above article that provides a refined definition of WebQuests. Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) More Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Like this: Like Loading... Categories Tom’s Work , Tom’s Writings , WebQuests Leave a comment New QuickQuest: Migration to Australia June 23, 2020 by tmarch We’ve All Come from Somewhere… The story of mass migrations to Australia touches virtually every family on our island nation. As such, this is a great topic to engage students in the factors and stories that prompted migrations from the Gold Rush to the present (with options for the earliest Indigenous migration). History, Geography and Civics as well as students’ families personal experiences enrich the grand story. This is a slimmed down version of a real WebQuest. It still uses engaging real, rich and relevant Web resources and prompted activities to help students stretch their learning. Overview of the Migration QuickQuest Features of this QuickQuest Exploration of mass migrations. Analysis of ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ factors. Discovery of how Australia’s policies stimulated and discouraged migration flows. Question sheet for first-person interviews to learn more of their family history. Activities for narrative and persuasive writing. Develop keys concepts of ‘continuity and change’ and ’cause and effect.’ Extra Online Resources help stretch students’ understanding and interests. DIY or TpT? – You Choose! Because I want to support education, teachers and students (as I have since the first WebQuests in the 1990s), I provide a hotlist of the resources used in the activities. This way if you want to take the Do It Yourself” approach, explore the links below and create your own activities. If you’re happy to save time, use my approaches focused on real, rich and relevant” learning, then use the QuickQuest is available through TeachersPayTeachers at minimal cost. Hotlist of Resources Australia’s Immigration History -1851-Present Origins – Museums Victoria – Immigration History by Country Australia’s Immigration History , main waves & policies from Virtual MuSeaUm New Australia 1945-1965 , Objects Through Time, Migration Heritage NSW Glossary , Belongings, Migration Heritage Centre, NSW Timeline: Australia’s Immigration Policy , from the SBS Australia’s migration history, more detailed article from Belongings, The Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum, NSW FACT SHEET , Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs Waves of Australian Migration – Behind the News First Footprints , video from the ABC (long, but excellent) Who Are Australia’s Aboriginal People? Video from NowThisWorld Australia 50,000 Years Ago , article from the Migration Heritage Centre, NSW Migration to Australia , detailed section from Wikipedia HOW HAS MIGRATION CHANGED OVER TIME? – an interactive chart Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme , Behind the News Refugee experiences upon arriving in Australia , ABC Education Ten Pound Poms – video from ABC Education Populate or perish – a short article from the State Library WA Populate or perish & More Poms, Please , articles from P & O Heritage FactCheck Q&A – video from ABC Q&A ( transcript ) A history of Australia’s offshore detention policy , video from SBS Operation Sovereign Borders , video from Home Affairs Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) More Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Like this: Like Loading... Categories History , Hotlist , QuickQuests , Tom’s Work 2 Comments QuickQuest: Bushfires and Sci / Tech May 26, 2020 May 25, 2020 by tmarch Responding… Few in Australia, or across the globe, were untouched by the bushfires that raged from November till February. So many communities were devastated by the catastrophic conditions. Our hearts and support went out to those who lost loved ones, homes and animals. Many prepared to evacuate and stayed up all night watching for ember storms. Week-after-week, month-after-month, the tragedy continued. Now, with the beginning of the Royal Commission hearings into theBlack Summer Bushfires ,” it’s a good time to offer an educational response. Thanks go to a year 5/6 teacher in Victoria who suggested this topic as a way to explore science as a human endeavour.” (Note: if you would like to similarly suggest a topic , please use the form. I’m keen to respond to what people need.) Overview of the Bushfire QuickQuest Education is one good way for people to process and understand catastrophic and traumatic events. This is especially true of children and young adults. Also, sometimes knowing information or solutions is a comfort and highlights strategies for the future that contribute to a sense of personal power. Moving towards these ends is the goal of this QuickQuest on Bushfires and Technology. Below is a short video introduction of the QuickQuest. DIY or TpT As I’ve come to do, because I want to support education, teachers and students (as I have since the first WebQuests in the 1990s), but I’m also developing curriculum as part of my consultancy, to further both of these goals, with each QuickQuest I provide a hotlist of the resources used in the activities. This way if you want to take the Do It Yourself” approach, explore the links below and create your own activities. If you’re happy to save time, use my approaches focused on real, rich and relevant” learning, then the QuickQuest is available through TeachersPayTeachers at minimal cost. Wikimedia Commons – Gustavb / CC BY-SA Hotlist of Resources...