WebQuests
What is a WebQuest?
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which students find some or all the information from resources on the Internet.
There are two types of WebQuests.
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Designed to be completed in one-three class periods.
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The instructional Goal is knowledge acquisition and
integration.
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The learner makes sense of a significant amount of new
information
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Could take up to one month to complete.
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The instructional goal is extending and refining knowledge.
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The learner analyses a body of knowledge, and demonstrates
understanding by presenting it in a different way.
Where can I go to find good examples of WebQuests that I could use with my students?
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The WebQuest Page: A Matrix of Examples in Content Areas http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html
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Dr. Christie’s WebQuest Pages
http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/webquest.html
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Hewitt;s Index of Best WebQuests
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/academic/hewitt14.htm
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Richard Levine's Cool Teaching Lessons and Units
http://www.cl.ais.net/rlevine/coolunits.htm
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Jackie Carrigan’s WebQuest Page
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/grade.htm
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ETS: WebQuests and Other Internet Projects
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/
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LSU WebQuests
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/
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SESD Teacher Resources
http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm
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Critical Attributes
o Introduction
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Orientation
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Motivation
o Task
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Define the job to be completed
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Product or verbal presentation
o Process
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Clearly defined steps
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Can provide learning advice
o Information
Sources
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A list of predetermined web pages to help learner
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May include resources not on the Web
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All resources do not have to be used by all
o Evaluation
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Measurable results
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Rubrics are most authentic assessment
http://www.ozline.com/webquests/rubric.html
o Conclusion
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Reminds learners about information gleaned
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Encourages students to extend experience into other domains
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Brings closure to the quest
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Non-Critical Attributes
o Group
Activity
o Role-playing
o Multidisciplinary
or single disciplinary
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html
http://www.zianet.com/cjcox/teacherangel/webquests.htm
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
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Become familiar with resources online in your content area.
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Organize resources into categories such as databases,
reference materials, spreadsheets
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Identify topics that fit in with the curriculum and for
which there are materials online.
Revolutionary War WebQuest http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=11683&url=11683/
Sworn to Serve
http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/sworntoserve.html
Civil War Gazette
http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/civilwar.html
1930’s WebQuest
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/1930.html
Ancient Egypt : A WebQuest in Time http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq33/aegypt.htm
Ancient Egypt
http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
The Holocaust
http://www.greenepa.net/~wgsd/computerlab/Holocaust/Holocaust.html
Show Me the Money!
http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/DGN2/Welcome.html
Go Spurs Go!
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/misc99/spurs/Default.htm
In Search of the Pythagorean Theorum
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/scavenger_hunts/spring2000/theorem/default.html
The Gang of Fifteen
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/gang1.htm
http://learn-spanish-language.com/webquests.htm
Calaveras WebQuest: Dia de los Muertos
http://www.dnai.com/~dogslife/webquest.html
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/espanol/
EcoQuest: Desert Edition
http://members.aol.com/QuestSite/1/2.html
Sunspots: Monitoring Solar Activity
http://www.discover.net/~vmsb/webquest.html
International Symposium on Environmental Issues
http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/ozone.html
BioDesigns, Incorporated
http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/biodesigns.html
Personal Trainer
http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/ozone.html
Literary Fan Club
http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/literaryfanclub.html
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/fall99/Shakespeare/default.html
The Web World of Shakespeare
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/spring2001/taft/webworldofshakespeare/index.html
Grapes of Wrath
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/Summer2001/floresville_poth/Grapes/default.htm
Winslow Homer: Through the Eyes of an Artist
http://www.ultranet.com/~schene/whomer.html
Salem Witch Trials
http://www.geocities.com/salemwitches_ca/index2.html