| A WebQuest is defined, byBernie Dodgeat San Diego State University, as "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet." I find it the perfect model for teachers searching for ways to incorporate the Internet into the classroom on both a short-term and long-term basis. Following is a 16-slide Powerpoint presentation based on the information found at Mr. Dodge's site. (Also available as aPDFfile.) For clarification and further explanation, samples of short-term WebQuests, and atemplatefor teachers to use, go visit "The Web Quest Page".
- Tom March has put together some great WebQuests and a informative site dealing with the use of them to support the instructional process. He calls the siteWebQuests and More.Tom also has a new introductory essay entitled "Why WebQuests?"
- I have designed a sample WebQuest entitled "The 1960's Museum".
Take a look at it and let me know what you think!
- Link to acollection of exemplary WebQuestscreated by students in my graduate courses from September 1996-May 1998. Many of the links are old, but the ideas are a great starting point for your planning!
- Links to Bernie's matrix oftop picksand othergoodWebquests put together by teachers, university students, and workshop attendees.
- An article entitle "The Student WebQuest" by Maureen Brown Yoder, April 1999.
- A TrackstarTrackdealing with the topic of WebQuests with some good links.
- A great list ofWebQuest resourcesput together by Midge Frazel in support of a workshop.
- Atutorialfor learning how to write and utilize WebQuests in your classroom.
- A WebQuest assessmentrubricput created by Tom March, another WebQuest guru!
- Once you design your own WebQuest, submit ithereto share it with others.
- Myslide showdealing with the WebQuest. (PDF version)
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