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3.Findingwebsitesthatstudentscouldusetoanswer.
4.Addingproperpre-andpost-stageactivities,whichwillprovidelanguagework,
balancethemainlyreceptivesearchingphaseofthehuntandexploitthelanguage
materialfoundontheWeb.
Intreasurehunts,wherebasicallytheonlymaterialisasetofquestions,itisespecially
importanttoconsiderwhattypesofquestionstheseare.Chalmers(2003b)advocates
usingquestionsthatwouldexposestudentstoavarietyoftypesofinputontheWeb,
suchasoralinterviews,cartographicresources,microfilm/forms,censusdataand
mathematicalfiguring,cataloguesofbooksanddissertationabstracts.LuzonMarco
(2001a),ontheotherhand,drawstheattentiontotheneedforavarietyofquestions
includedinthesearch,withthemajoritydealingwiththemostimportantaspectsof
thetopicforcingstudentstoanalyseit,butalsostressestheimportanceofafinal"big
question,"theonethatwouldasklearnerstosynthesiseandreflectonwhattheyhave
learnedandtoconstructtheirownviewofthetopic.
Whencreatingtreasurehunts,itisimportanttorelatethemtothecurriculum,so
thatstudentscanreinforcealreadyknownmaterialduringthehunt.Accordingto
Brown(1999),thiscanbedonebylinkingthethemeofthehunttotheweeklytheme
oftheclass,asusingtheInternetforresearchisincreasinglybecomingimportant,while
treasurehuntactivitieshelpstudentsconsolidatelanguageskillswithwebsearching
andinformationhandlingskills(seeAppendix1foraselectionofthematicscavenger
hunts).Linkingtothecurriculumentailsnotonlytheconstructionofthehunt,sothat
thegrammarandvocabularylearntpreviouslyarereinforcedandusedinthereal-life
context,butalsothepre-andpost-stagesarenecessarytoactivatethepreviouslylearnt
materialandallowforthepresentationoftheresultsandthemethodsused,tobalance
themainlyindividualstudent-computerinteractioninthewhile-stagewithpairwork
andwholeclassinteractionopportunities.
1.2.VIRTUALFIELDTRIPS(TELEFIELDTRIPS)
1.2.1.Definitionandcharacteristics
Internet-basedactivitystructures,asclassifiedbyHarris(1998b),encompassalso
informationcollectionactivities,andspecificallyvirtualfieldtrips(alsoknownas
telefieldtrips,virtualtrips,virtualexpeditions,virtualtours-forafulldiscussion,see
Harris,1998b;Mendel,1999;Foley,2004).AccordingtoLuzonMarco(2001b),
telefieldtripsareinteractive,media-richvirtualfieldtripstovariouslocations,suchas
museums,exhibits,factories,companies,geographicalplaces,whichareotherwise
unreachableorexpensivetogetto(e.g.,TheToyotaAutomobileMuseum,http://
www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_e/a03_01.html).Thesemultidisciplinaryand
multimediavirtualexperiencesallowstudentstoexperiencetelepresenceonbeing
openedvirtualdoorstootherwiseinaccessibleenvironments(Harris,1998b).Ascan