Overviews and Underpinnings |
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Some
Thoughts About WebQuests The early 1995 paper that started it all. A version of this was published in The Distance Educator edited by Fred Saba. |
Encouraging the Use of Technology in the Classroom: The WebQuest Connection new by Anne D’Antonio Stinson |
Theory into Practice: WebQuests in Geography new By Tony Fisher, University of Nottingham, UK WebQuests in Geography explores the relationship between ICT and student learning in geography. |
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. |
FOCUS:
Five Rules for Writing Great WebQuests
From Learning & Leading with Technology, May, 2001. ISTE Membership number required. |
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:
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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
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The
Student WebQuest.
By Maureen Brown Yoder. Published in Learning and Leading with Technology, Volume 26, Issue 7, April 1999. |
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When
Students Create Their Own WebQuests
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WebQuests
in Our Future
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Beyond
Read and Recall: new |
Specific Aspects |
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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, NEW and Specialized Search Engines. |
The
WebQuest Design Process
A flowchart showing the steps involved in designing a WebQuest.
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Why start from scratch? A flowchart showing the steps in finding and changing an existing lesson. NEW! |
The
WebQuest Taskonomy in Pictures
Mary Vieira's terrific set of clickable image maps that show the important characteristics of each task type. |
Lesson
Templates for Students
and Teachers
How do you get a WebQuest started quickly? Don't start with a blank screen... download these instead. |
The
WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks |
WebQuest
Process Checklist
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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. |
Fine Points Describes 14 little things you can do to improve the aesthetics and professionalism of your WebQuest (or any) pages. |
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Rubrics
for Evaluating Student Performance |
Complete Workshops |
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wNet
School Concept to Classroom WebQuest workshop |
Triton/Patterns
Summer 99 Symposium |
Patterns
Summer 2000 Symposium |
Co-Nect WebQuest Workshop by Adam Garry A 4-day workshop that starts at the beginning and ends in a draft WebQuest.
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Internet Expeditions: Creating WebQuest Learning Environments by Annette Lamb Explore four ways to build a WebQuest learning environment including using existing resources, adapting or modifying a webquest, create a new webquest, or co-producing materials. |
T-Spider.Net |
A complete WebQuest design workshop created by Dr. Carolyn Burleson, Los Angeles Unified School District.
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An
online graduate course designed by Bernie and June Dodge and delivered
by Teacher Education Institute. |
Map-a-Course new |