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WebQuests
Introduction
edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/overview.htm - 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. The model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge with Tom March, and was outlined then in "Some Thoughts About WebQuests". (from Bernie Dodge's WebQuest page).
Why WebQuests
1. www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html
2. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/presentation - Thinking Visually with WebQuests
3. www.west.asu.edu/achristie/675wq.html - a nice review of what a WebQuest is and What it is used for in the classroom.
What a WebQuest Is Not
Hotlist - a basic list of sites, questions are often not provided - used mainly for starting research papers/topics
Guided Tour, (Cyber or Electronic) FieldTrip - the teacher provides the sites to go to and what to look for at the sites.
Scavenger Hunt - questions are provided and the student must find a site and then find the answer. Sometimes a pool of sites are listed, but no connection between site and question is made
WebQuest - a specialized web activity that presents a higher order question to be answered (not just a fact gathering activity). This is done by creating scaffolding questions and tasks then assigning the students roles to work in groups to complete the task and scaffold questions and thus provide AN answer to the question.
4. keithstanger.com/filamentality.html - Filamentality - a fill in the blank site to create different web activities
5. websearch.about.com/library/weekly/aa051401a.htm - some basic definitions - mainly covers scavenger hunts. Does not have a great definition for WebQuests
WebQuests Examples
Examine the examples below. You can use this rubric to score the WebQuests - www.ozline.com/webquests/rubric.html Keep track of what elements are the same (AKA, what do most/all WebQuests have?).
6. www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/misc99/angling/Default.htm
7. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/presentation/matrix.htm
8. www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webquests/lewisclark
9. www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webquest
10. www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/Ben/Welcome.html
11. www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
12. www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq55/bowen.htm
13. www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/spring2000/esc2051600/skwq/default.html and www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/fall2000/wq011201/construction/default.html
14. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html and edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm
"Experience can be the best teacher"
There are a number of WebQuests about WebQuests.
15. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestwebquest.html
16. www.ozline.com/webquests/ito_activity.html - A WebQuest Exploring Transformative Thinking in WebQuests
17. www.geocities.com/techlabloms/Quest.htm
18. users.massed.net/~mdurant/webquest.htm
WebQuest Structure
WebQuest Elements (What makes a WebQuest a WebQuest)
19. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm - A description of the six essential sections of a WebQuest. Newly enhanced by the San Diego City Schools Ed Tech Dept.
20. www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/month8/index_sub3.html - the basic elements.
21. www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-c.shtml - Characteristics of a good WebQuest
22. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm - very nice matrix with links to slides for each area
23. www.ozline.com/webquests/checklist.html - a checklist
24. www.ozline.com/webquests/rubric.html - a great rubric used to identify good and bad WebQuests (same one we used earlier)
25. science.uniserve.edu.au/school/tutes/webquest/present
The Heart and Soul of a WebQuest - The Task and The Roles
26. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html - The WebQuest Taskonomy Visual Map at projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/tasksimap/
27. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/trld2001/workshop/scaffolding.htm - Basics of scaffolding
28. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/TV - Thinking Visually with WebQuests - includes definitions of scaffolding
29. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/presentation/scaffolding.htm - Scaffolding Examples
30. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/TV - Thinking Visually with WebQuests - has good slide show
31. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/index.htm - student guides (good for scaffolding)
32. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/patterns2000/day1.htm links to three types of scaffolds
We will review a couple of methods
33. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/Process/WebQuestDesignProcess.html - a very good guide to developing a WebQuest
34. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/roadmap/index.htm - A Roadmap for Developing WebQuests - Slide Presentation - Step by step directions from topic selection to fine-tuning.
35. www.esc20.net/etprojects - Region 20's Creating Web-based Lessons: WebQuests & Other Internet Projects.
36. www.ozline.com/webquests/design.htm - The WebQuest Design Process - Three stages: Exploring the Possibilities, Designing for Success, and Creating Your WebQuest
37. www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-f.shtml - A well-designed WebQuest will include at least the following three elements
38. www.iste.org/L&L/archive/vol28/no8/featuredarticle/dodge/index.html - Five Rules for WebQuests
39. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
- Building Blocks
of a WebQuest
40. www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/wq-write.htm - Writing a WebQuest
41. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/materials.htm - great resources and a very good WebQuest about WebQuests activity. Also, if you decide on a WebQuest as your project, there are some helpful materials here on designing and finding WebQuests.
Assessment - Using Rubrics
42. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm - Rubrics for Web Lessons
43. school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html - Kathy Schrock's assessment tools
44. www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics - these generators provide forms for you to fill in and then a rubric is created.
45. www.cmsdnet.net/alliance/stonevi/collrubric.html - good project rubric
46. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html - a rubric for evaluating WebQuests.
47. www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/rubric.html - Blue Web'N
More Information
Online Tools and Templates
48. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html - Templates from Bernie Dodge's web site
49. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/upgrades/index.htm - more templates
50. www.ozline.com/webquests/prewrite.html - Pre-Writing Your WebQuest - The purpose of this page is to help designers of WebQuests quickly think through some key elements before they invest gobs of time designing their WebQuest.
51. www.esc20.net/etprojects/templates/twebquests.html - a good template for a basic WebQuest
52. www.ozline.com/templates/webquest.html - another template - designed to be edited as a web document (use in a web editing program or edit the HTML)
53. www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil - Very basic but fast - Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities.
54. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/resources.html - has links to good resources
WebQuest Projects
55. www.esc20.net/etprojects - organized by subject, age and type of activity. VERY GOOD
56. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html - wonderful matrix from Bernie Dodge's web site
57. www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/wired.html - This page describes and links to online lesson plans and resources created by the Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Applications Design Team.
58. www.teachersfirst.com/webquest.htm - The TeachersFirst WebQuest Collection
59. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm - collections of WebQuests
60. www.iwebquest.com - has many Internet projects including WebQuests
61. www.davison.k12.mi.us/academic/hewitt14.htm
62. www.milforded.org/teachers/wq/index.htm - sorted by grade level
General Information and Theory
63. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html -One of the best resources for WebQuests
64. school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html - Kathy Schrock's WebQuest page
65. www.ozline.com/learning/index.htm - Another good source
66. www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html - article "Why WebQuests"
Training Resources
67. edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/materials.htm - training materials from Bernie Dodge's page - very good resources
68. projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/patterns2000 - a workshop for San Diego teachers, one way to organize projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/resources.html - this page has all of the resources.
69. eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/index.htm - two complete workshops
70. www.ozline.com/web-and-flow/in-service.html - In-Service workshop out line
71. www.ozline.com/learning/workshop.html - another workshop (which you are encouraged to use)
72. www.co-nect.net/sregion/webquesttrain.html -
73. www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/month8 - from concept to classroom, a self-guided tour
74. www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml - WebQuest 101 tutorial
75. edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/workshop.html
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