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andmustusereferencesources(digitalorprint)tosolveproblems.Inherviewofthe
activity,thesimplesearchforinformation(informationcollection)giveswaytousing
theinformationtosolveaproblem(informationprocessing).
Figure1.1.March's(1996)taxonomyofInternet-basedactivities.
AccordingtoLuzonMarco(2001a),treasurehuntscanbeofthefollowingtypes:
-Afully-guidedhunt,whichconsistsofanumberofquestions,witheachone
associatedwithawebsiteURL.Insuchatask,studentspractisereadingforgist,scanning
forspecificinformationoridentifyingandunderstandingkeywords.
-Ahalf-guidedhunt,wherestudentsaregivenquestionsandwebsites,butarenot
toldspecificallywhichsitetogoto(seethetreasurehuntFuturescience,future
engineering,http://www-personal.umich.edu/gregm/springboard/Monday/
Treasure.htmlforanexample).
-Anopenhunt,inwhichstudentsfindtheirownsourcesforobtainingtherequired
information.Thistypeofhunthelpsstudentsdevelopwebsearchingandevaluation
skillstothegreatestextent,butdemandsteachersupportandshouldbeusedcautiously,
sothatlearnersarenotoverwhelmedwiththecomplexityoflanguagematerial(e.g.,
Technologydesignedtreasurehunt,http://gpss.wrdsb.edu.on.ca/academics/tech/
enghunt.htm).
Whenanalyzingthethreetypesoftreasurehuntsdescribedabove,onecansee
diminishingteachercontrolandincreasinglearnerindependencewhenproceeding
fromafully-guidedhunttoanopenhunt.Thisshouldcorrespondtothegrowinglearners'
confidenceinWebbrowsing,theirdevelopinglanguageproficiencyandgreateramount
ofclassroomtimeavailable.Thus,itisadvisableforteacherstoadministerfully-guided
huntsatthebeginningofInternet-assistedinstruction,especiallytheonesthatdeal
specificallywiththeWebandwebsearching(see,forinstance,Internetsitesscavenger