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. Examples of 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. Searching for resources
11. Creating together!
12. Sharing and evaluating our work
13. 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)
For Students: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/lessontemplate.html 
For Teachers: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/teacherlessontemplate.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 
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 (by Joyce Valenza) http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/sqstu.html 
Evaluating Web Sites Search Quest (by Joyce Valenza) http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evalwebstu.html 
More WebQuests http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests

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 

Resources for WebQuest Builders 
HTML Crash Course for Educators http://edweb.gsn.org/htmlintro.html 
Searching tools http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/searchtip.html 
Springfield High School Clip Art Links http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/clipart.html 
Tools for building Web pages http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/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 
Graphic Organizer http://www.graphic.org/
SchoolLink sites http://www.schoollink.org/twin