WebQuests

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What is a WebQuest? Got a Great WebQuest You Want to Share?

A WebQuest is a learning activity used by educators. During this activity learners read, analyze, and synthesize information using the World Wide Web. Webquests were invented by Bernie Dodge and Tom March at San Diego State University in 1995.

According to Dodge's original publication a WebQuest is "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented with videoconferencing" (Dodge, 1995a; Dodge, 1995b).

Source: Wikipedia on June 10, 2008.

Do you know of a good WebQuest? This is the lens to list it on. See the list below and add the your link to the list.

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Creating WebQuests

Technologically, creating a WebQuest can be very simple. As long as you can create a document with hyperlinks, you can create a WebQuest. That means that a WebQuest can be created in Word, Powerpoint, and even Excel! If you're going to call it a WebQuest, though, be sure that it has all the critical attributes.

A Real WebQuest....

* is wrapped around a doable and interesting task that is ideally a scaled down version of things that adults do as citizens or workers.

* requires higher level thinking, not simply summarizing. This includes synthesis, analysis, problem-solving, creativity and judgment.

* makes good use of the web. A WebQuest that isn't based on real resources from the web is probably just a traditional lesson in disguise. (Of course, books and other media can be used within a WebQuest, but if the web isn't at the heart of the lesson, it's not a WebQuest.)

* isn't a research report or a step-by-step science or math procedure. Having learners simply distilling web sites and making a presentation about them isn't enough.

* isn't just a series of web-based experiences. Having learners go look at this page, then go play this game, then go here and turn your name into hieroglyphs doesn't require higher level thinking skills and so, by definition, isn't a WebQuest.

Source: WebQuest.org

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Hands down this is one of the most helpful sites on how to make a WebQuest

Click here to check out the Internet 4 Classrooms site

At there site you can find:

* Definition
* Basic format used in webquests-

- Introduction
- Task
- Process
- Evaluation
- Conclusion

* Collections of WebQuests
* Chosing a Topic
* Locating Resources
* Other Resources
* Constructing Quest- Templetes/Software
* Making a Link
* Using Your Quest

WebQuests

What is a WebQuest? Got a Great WebQuest You Want to Share?

Creating WebQuests

Hands down this is one of the most helpful sites on how to make a WebQuest

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