Competition closed Friday 29th June 2001

WEBQUEST
Two major prizes of digital cameras for the best answers to the Webquest Webquest runner-up prizes of 8 wireless keyboards and mice (kindly donated by Protech Australasia) Competition closed Friday 29th June 2001

MAXMAZE
Over 100 copies of 'South Australia - H orizons Beyond' a beautiful pictorial history of SA in hard cover (kindly donated by Information SA). Minor prizes including books, Tshirts, CDs for each Maxmaze Quiz. Competition closed Friday 29th June 2001


Teacher’s Area
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Teacher’s Webquest
Introduction | Learners | Outcomes | Process | Resources | Assessment | Conclusion | Student homepage | Credits | Competition | Lesson plans

Outcomes

Through participation in this webquest, students should:

  1. better understand the impact of The Overland Telegraph Line and Federation
  2. make conclusions about the development of telecommunication from different perspectives
  3. have a balance between past, present and future perspectives
  4. recognize the relationships among the various characters of a national culture
  5. design, make and appraise a presentation
  6. work effectively in small teams
  7. collect, organise and use information effectively to achieve set goals.

Teacher's Role
To use a webquest effectively, teachers need to:

  • contextualize the problematic situation presented in the webquest
  • engage in the process as co-investigator
  • model and coach effective group work
  • assess learning throughout the process and in a variety of ways including student self-assessment

Thinking and Communication Skills
This unit of study relies on students working cooperatively in groups and sharing information on the various research tasks. It is suggested that a process assisted by the explicit teaching of group work skills, for example the skills of: making a group decision, sharing the tasks, listening to group members and sharing ideas. Students can learn to improve their group and research work through a process of explanation, modeling, practice and feedback from the teacher and peers.

PROCESS

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