INTRODUCTION TO WEBQUESTS

 

A WebQuest is defined, by Bernie Dodge at 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."

 

Some quick notes:

•   You can use short term ( designed to to be completed in 1 to 3 class periods) or long term ( designed to take between one week and one month) webquests
• Parts of a webquest include: Introduction, Task, Process, Informational Sources, Evaluation, and Conclusion- For great information on each of these parts- Visit:   http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
• The task is the most essential element to develop: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html
• Students can help develop critical thinking skills and give students the opportunity to work in cooperative grou ps
• You can use webquests in any scenario: no computers, one computer with net access, one computer with no net access, few computers, or a whole lab!

           

Webquests

Overall resource

www.webquest.org

 

A Webquest about Webquests

 

Elem teachers:

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-es.html

 

High School teachers:

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-hs.html

 

Exploring Websites

 

The Webquest Page

www.webquest.org (Click on FInd Webquests to search for current ones)

 

Learning with WebQuests
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests.html

Organized by math and science, art and english,
foreign language and social studies

 

New Mexico State University
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/examples.html

 

Louisiana State University
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/

 

WebQuests K to 5
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests.html

 

(not all of these are WebQuests)

Adapting Webquests to fit your classroom

       

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/adapting/index.html

Building your own-Webquest

 

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/GENERIC/webquest.htm

 

Quest Garden : An online tool to build your own webquest

http://webquest.org/questgarden/author/