Let’s Explore Solo: A WebQuest to Improve Students’ HOTS

INTRODUCTION

You are working for the International Office of Universitas Sebelas Maret. The University is preparing for an international conference, for which you are assigned as an LO for a delegate of three guests from the New York. The conference is scheduled for May 2-3.

TASK

The committee received an email below from your guest:

Dear Committee,
Good morning!
It’s a great opportunity to take part in your coming conference. I’m now writing to let you know our trip plan. Our delegate of three participants will be arriving in Solo (SOC) on May 1, with GA 224, ETA 1:30pm, but have made no hotel reservation. We would be very grateful if you could recommend three choices of hotel. We plan to leave from Solo on Sunday (May 5) so that we can spend some time to explore Solo after the conference. For this, we probably need a companion during our trip. We would espcecially like to visit Sangiran Early Man Museum and some cultural heritages in Solo. For sure, it would be great also to taste some specialty cuisine from Solo. I have search the internet, but mostly are available in Bahasa Indonesia. ☺

Your help and advices will be highly appreciated. Looking forward to hearing your feedback. You could send us an email. Alternatively, it would be great to toak over Google Hangout so that you can show me some pictures of Solo through the screenshare tool. Thank you very much.

Best,

James

Your overall task is to design a trip to explore Solo and to send it by email or to present through Google Hangout call. The plan should include your detailed itinerary, budget, and reasonable justifications for trip choices.

PROCESS/RESOURCES

When preparing a trip, you need to think of the issues below:
1. Transportation
Check the car rentals here: HIRO, ANUGRAH, or GRACIA.
2. Accommodation
Here are some hotels you can recommend your guests.
– Royal Heritage Solo
Novotel Hotel Solo
Alila Hotel Solo
Lor In Hotel Solo
Alana Hotel Solo
– Alternatively, you can check Traveloka
3. Places to visit
Here some choices of references for places to visit.
Discovery Our Indonesia
Cultural Landmarks in Solo
– References about Sangiran: Museum Indonesia or an article from UNESCO
4. Culinary in Solo
Great Culinary in Solo
Hipwee
President’s Choices
5. Antique Market
You can learn choose templates for the itinerary from here or here. Don’t forget to add with information on what to do in each object and why worth visiting.

EVALUATION

This is how your work will be evaluated.

CONCLUSION

Now that you’ve made the itinerary and delivered the itinerary to your guest, please take few minutes to reflect on your experience with this task and answer the following questions in your journal. After all presentations, you will have time to share your ideas with your classmates.
• What did you find most enjoyable about the task? Least enjoyable?
• Do you feel that finishing this task has helped you learn? Why or why not?