WebQuests

(and other inquiry-based models)

Workshop Resources

 

Agenda for Workshop

  1. Introductions
  2. WebQuest Overview: What is a WebQuest? Why should I create one?
  3. Michael and Joyce's WebQuests
  4. WebQuest About WebQuests (Experience a WebQuest from the student's perspective while getting a feel for the variety of available options)
  5. Matrix of Examples
  6. WebQuest "Taskonomy" (The variety of learning activities from which to choose)
  7. Brainstorming topics and possible student tasks
  8. Building blocks of a WebQuest
  9. Downloading the templates and Web page basics
  10. Lunch
  11. Searching for resources
  12. Creating together!
  13. Sharing and evaluating our work
  14. Where do we go from here? Finishing and uploading?

 

What's a WebQuest?

WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

WebQuests in Our Future (Kathy Schrock's PowerPoint Introduction) http://www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

WebQuests: A Strategy for Scaffolding Higher Level Learning http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm

Joyce's article about WebQuests http://crossings.phillynews.com/archive/k12/webquest9-04.htm

WHYY: Across the Generations http://www.whyy.org/generations/web.html

Building Blocks of a WebQuest http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html

Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html

WebQuest Taskonomy http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html

Some Thoughts About WebQuests http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html

Why WebQuests? (Tom March) http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html

The Student WebQuest (Maureen Brown Yoder) http://www.iste.org/L&L/archive/vol26/no7/features/yoder/index.html

WebQuest Handout http://gilligan.esu7.k12.ne.us/~esu7web/resources/webqhand.html

New Revised WebQuest (Jim Andris) http://www.siue.edu/~jandris/north/newquest.html

Writing a Webquest for Your Classroom http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/wq-write.htm

Learning by Doing

A WebQuest About WebQuests http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestwebquest.html

Experience a WebQuest from the learner's perspective

WebQuest Templates (No need to start from scratch)

Templates http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html

Task Design Worksheet http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/task-design-worksheet.html

Examples

Matrix of Examples http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html

Triton/Patterns Fall 98 Symposium http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpfs98/

EMT: WebQuests (San Bernadino) http://itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/webquest.html

Edhelper.com http://www.edhelper.com

Inquiry Oriented Projects http://www.lth3.k12.il.us/rhampton/webquest.html

WebQuests Written by Memphis City School Teachers http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/web_que.htm

WebQuest Collections http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm

Surfaquarium: WebQuests http://www.interserf.net/mcken/webquest.htm

Dead Ethicists in Cyberspace (Wagman) http://www.springfield.k12.pa.us/shs/quest/ethicsquest.html

SearchQuest (Valenza) sqstu.html

Evaluating Web Sites Search Quest (Valenza) evalwebstu.html

Alternative Formats

American Memory Fellows http://learning.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson.html

AMF Lesson Frame http://learning.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/fw.html

Creating Web-based Lessons http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/

or http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/training/scavenger.html

CyberGuides http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html

Inquiry Oriented Internet Activities http://www.lth3.k12.il.us/rhampton/webquest.html

Module Maker (Jamie McKenzie) http://www.fno.org/module/module.html

Problem Based Learning USC http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ccmb/usc-csp/Quikfacts.htm

IMSA Center for Problem-Based Learning http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/problem.html

PBL Initiative (Bowman Gray School of Medicine/Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools) http://mts.admin.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/NSF/cases.htm

PBL Virtual Library http://www.ncisc.org/ealford/virtual_library/pbl.virtual.lib.html

North Cook Intermediate Service PBL Home Page http://www.ncisc.org/ealford/index.html

University of Delaware Problem Based Learning http://www.udel.edu/pbl/problems/

Resources for WebQuest Builders

HTML Crash Course for Educators http://edweb.gsn.org/htmlintro.html

Searching tools searchtip.html

Springfield High School Clip Art Links clipart.html

Image Searching searchtip.html (click on "image searching)

Tools for building Web pages web.html

Learning with the World (Tom March) http://www.ozline.com/learning/workshop.html

Making a WebQuest http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq2/webles~1.htm

WireKids WebQuests http://www.wiredkids.org/webquests.html

Graphic Organizer http://www.graphic.org/

Concept Mapping Resource Folder http://hednet.polyu.edu.hk/CMWkshp_folder/CM.ResFolder.html

Web Project Rubric http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/craft/projectrubric.htm

Rubrics for Web Lessons http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html

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