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WebQuests on the World Wide Web
Information About Building WebQuests |
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| A Road Map for Designing WebQuests, A PowerPoint Presentation by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University | Technology Article: Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier Than You Think! | Building Blocks for WebQuests A description of the six essential sections of a WebQuest. Newly enhanced by the San Diego City Schools Ed Tech Dept. |
| Kathy Schrock's Slide Show Dealing with the WebQuest (also a PDF Version) | ||
| A WebQuest about WebQuests An exercise that's useful for introducing the concept to educators. Working in teams they examine five WebQuests from four different points of view. There are several versions: * elementary * grades 3-4 * middle school * middle and high school |
WebQuests in the Middle School Curriculum: Promoting Technological Literacy in the Classroom. By Kenneth Lee Watson. Published in Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2, July 1999. ISSN 1097-9778 |
Beyond Read and Recall: An Introduction to Web-Based Learning Using WebQuests |
| The WebQuest Design Process A flowchart showing the steps involved in designing a WebQuest. |
Search Techniques A critical aspect of WebQuest design is knowing how to find good resources on the Web. Three new guides are now available: Before you Search, Four Nets for Better Searching, and Specialized Search Engines. |
The WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks Describes 12 categories for describing what you ask learners to do, 11 of which can lead to higher level thinking. |
| Fine Points Describes 14 little things you can do to improve the aesthetics and professionalism of your WebQuest (or any) pages. |
A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests Is your WebQuest as good as it could be? This rubric allows you to score it along eight dimensions to see where it might be improved. |
Rubrics for Evaluating Student Performance An exercise by Nancy Pickett with templates and example rubrics. |
| WebQuest Process Guides A growing series of short guides that you can link to or download and adapt. Each is designed to scaffold a specific cognitive or interpersonal activity. | Lesson Templates for Students and Teachers How do you get a WebQuest started quickly? Don't start with a blank screen... download these instead. |
WebQuest Process Checklist A list for self- or peer-review of the Process portion of your WebQuest. |
| Links to WebQuest Sites And WebQuests | ||
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WebQuest Sites
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| Matrix of WebQuests - From San Diego State University, hundreds of WebQuests in Art and Music, Business, English and Language Arts, Foreign Language, Health/PE, Life Skills/Careers, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Professional Skills, and Technology. Each category is sorted by grade level. |
| WebQuests A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. This site offers over 1,200 WebQuest to pick from. WebQuests are orgainzed by subject. |
| WebQuests 15 WebQuests divided in two groups, elementary and secondary. |
| Webquests Created by Students in Jackie Carrigan's Graduate Classes Many WebQuests sorted either by subject or grade level. |
| Australian WebQuests 6 WebQuests that teach about aspects of Australian people and culture. |
| Mathematics WebQuests Math WebQuests: Continuing Our Journey through the Information Highway: Mathematics on the Internet ath the NCTM Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 22, 1999, by Leah P. McCoy |
| Webquests Hundreds of WebQuests listed by subject and for all grade levels. |
| EdHelper.com's WebQuest Page |
| LSU WebQuests LSU Webquests site at the College of Education, Louisiana State University. This site has been developed by students as a part of the requirements for the course EDAF 5880, Telecommunications and the Internet under the guidance of Professor Harriet Taylor. |
| Lenape Regional High School District Teacher WebQuests Sorted by subject |
| WebQuests written by Memphis City Schools teachers Sorted by grade level--early elementary, upper elementary, middle school, and high school |
| WebQuest:Connecting Students to the World - Many WebQuests sorted by grade level or by subject, and those whose focus is global education. |
| WebQuests This page is provided to showcase WebQuests which have been developed at the Berks County Intermediate Unit during various technology workshops. Sorted by subject. |
| WebQuests created by Fargo Schools Teachers Listed by title |
| A Sampling of Webquests on the Web A collection for all grade levels and subject areas Posted by Lynne Schalman |
| K-8 Social Studies WebQuest Projects from Dr. Newby's social studies methods classes at Central Michigan University. |
| 9 Earth Science WebQuests |
| Teaching with WebQuests WebQuests can help teachers integrate the Internet into the curriculum while creating fun instructional activities that motivate students and educators alike. This page links to some of the best WebQuests on the Web. |
| Directory of WebQuests and WebQuest Sites from emTech - Updated regularly |
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WebQuests
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| Look Who's Footing the Bill! This WebQuest makes use of multiple perspectives and interactive Web sites to challenge students to make decisions about the national debt. This recently revised site also marks the first appearance of the QuickQuest option. |
| Black History Month Activities A series of five Web-based activities, this site includes two WebQuests, a Subject Sampler, an interactive quiz, and a robust hotlist. Although incredibly popular each February, the WebQuests, The Tuskegee Tragedy and Little Rock 9, Integration 0?, investigate themes that demand ongoing critical evaluation throughout the year and curriculum. |
| Six Paths to China This series of six Web-based learning sites was used to develop the original notion of using different activity formats in order to achieve specific learning goals. This is where you'll find the China on the Net Topic Hotlist, The Treasures of China Knowledge Hunt, My China Subject Sampler, the Exploring China Multimedia Scrapbook, and two WebQuests: Does the Tiger Eat her Cubs?, a short term WebQuest and Searching for China. |
| The Big Wide World WebQuest Some people think elementary school students should be coloring inside the lines, circling words in a search, or copying sentences from the board. Maybe that's okay, but we'd rather you figure out what life's all about. You know, what about this earth we live on and share with all the other peoples, plants and animals? This WebQuest was designed to prompt K-3 students into higher-order thinking. |
| Personal Trainer In this WebQuest activity, students investigate exercise and nutritional habits that enhance and maintain health and well-being. In assuming the role of personal trainers, students must develop customized diet and exercise portfolios for clients of a fitness consulting firm. |
| Radio Days In this WebQuestby Cynthia Matzat, students use the Web to research the "Golden Age of Radio" as a playwright, Foley artist (sound effects specialist), or advertising executive. After researching, students regroup and create their own radio drama on an audiocassette tape. |
| Circle of Life Webquest Students work in pairs to complete 1 of 4 different webquests. The roles (assigned or chosen) include Marine Biologists, Artist Naturalists, Stranding Specialists and Public Awareness Specialists. Students use inspiration or a similar type of software to complete the assignments as designed. |
| Civil War Gazette In this WebQuest for eighth graders, students are assigned the task of researching, writing, and editing a single edition of a Civil War era newspaper that focuses on a specific battle. Articles for the paper include a news article about the battle, a human interest story, an editorial, and a letter to the editor from someone against the war. |
| Weather Watchers This WebQuest for K-2 students explores concepts of weather including short term weather changes, the influence of weather on daily human life, the effects of severe weather on human life, and the benefits of weather forecasting. |
| Banned Book Quest High school students look at different perspectives on censorship in schools, particularly the potential of books being banned by local school boards. Placed in the role of Concerned Citizen, School Library Media Specialist, Lawyer, or Public Librarian, these committees then develop a recommendation for the board. |
| Silver & Black Career Attack! Created by educator Linda Uhrenholt with Filamentality, this simple WebQuest explores careers related to professional sports. |
| Circle of Life Webquest Students work in pairs to complete 1 of 4 different webquests. The roles (assigned or chosen) include Marine Biologists, Artist Naturalists, Stranding Specialists and Public Awareness Specialists. Students use inspiration or a similar type of software to complete the assignments as designed. |
| FutureQuest In this online activity created by teacher Leanne Twidwell, students take on the role of a high school counselor and suggest college and/or career guidelines for four fictitious students. |