What is a WebQuest?

Bernie Dodge's Thoughts About WebQuests
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html

Bernie Dodge's Links to Training Materials for WebQuests
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm

Tom March - Best WebQuests
http://bestwebquests.com/

Kathy Schrock's Guide to WebQuests
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

Designing and Building WebQuests:

*The WebQuest Design Process
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designsteps/index.html

Adapting an existing WebQuest
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/adapting/index.html

WebQuests
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html

Consructivism and Inquiry:

Using the Internet to Promote Inquiry-Based Learning
http://www.myprojectpages.com/support/epaper/ibr.htm#

Constructivism as a Paradigm for
Teaching and Learning.
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index.html

The Inquiry Page
http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/index.php3

Constructivism - From Philosophy to Practice
http://www.cdli.ca/~elmurphy/emurphy/cle.html

What is Constructivism?
http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/lindavr/lindapg1.htm

Characteristics of Constructivism
http://www.worc.ac.uk/LTMain/LTC/StaffDev/Constructivism/Characteristics.html

Constructivist Learning Theory
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html

Constructivism Checklist
http://www.worc.ac.uk/LTMain/LTC/StaffDev/Constructivism/checklist.html

Essential Questions:

Galileo Educational Network
http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.html

Jamie MacKenzie - FNO - Framing Essential Questions
http://www.fno.org/sept96/questions.html

The Process of Writing Critical Questions or Statements
http://www.acsd1.k12.co.us/e-forms/sbi/form_sbi_criticaloressentialquestions_examples.pdf

Teaching for Understanding - Importance of Essential Questions
http://www.edheritage.org/HE_02aut/essentialquestions.htm

Themes and Essential Questions from schools in Greece, NY
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Essential%20Questions/culture.htm

Best Practices and Essential Questions
http://www.newarkcityschools.org/intranet/staticDocs/EssentialQuestions.pd

Examples of Essential Questions:

US DOE Examples of Essential Questions
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/summerworkshop/ellenbogen/edlite-slide009.html

Teaching Crosscurrents - Subject Area Questions
http://www.sonoma.edu/itds/st_projects/lin/essential.html

Essential Questions by (Elementary) Grade - Needham, MA
http://newman.needham.k12.ma.us/learningmaps/essential%20questions/
essentquest1.htm

Math Star
http://mathstar.nmsu.edu/exploration1/unit/content_questions.html

More examples:
http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/mstechweb/decisions/research_topics.htm

Critical Thinking:

Highly Effective Questioning
http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/leader/default.asp?issueID=9691&id=4709

The Critical Thinking Community
http://www.criticalthinking.org/

Examples of Exceptional WebQuests:

The Art of Communication: Women's Plight to be Heard
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/women/

Election WebQuest
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/poling/webquesthome.html

The Big Wide World
http://bestwebquests.com/bwq/wqdetail.asp?wqcatid=12&edid=1&siteid=42
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bww/

American Revolutionaries
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amrevolt/

Technology Challenge Grants
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.html

Chocolate
http://www.btcs.org/tutorials/WebQuests/chocolate/

Let's Evaluate these WebQuests:

The Pilgrim Life Adventure
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/pilgrimlife/

Meet the Kumeyaay People
http://teacherweb.com/CA/HarrietTubmanSchool/MrsVanderspek/

Native American WebQuest
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1p9fr/mrsb124/teacher/webquests
/rev%20na/index.htm

Life During the War Between the States
http://www.msdpt.k12.in.us/staffdev/webquest/chhendr/index.html

Fiesta, Food and Fun
http://www2.franciscan.edu/Webquests/fiestafoodfun/

Traveling the World from Your Classroom
http://php.indiana.edu/%7Ekdharper/introduction.htm

The Constitution
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/oly/techprep/webquest/constitution.html

Famous People of the American Revolution
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/library/teachers/Gigliotti/default.htm

The Constitutional Convention WebQuest
http://www.people.virginia.edu/%7Ellb7e/345/finalproject/taskpage.html

We Were There - WebQuest on the Constitutional Convention
http://babylon.k12.ny.us/usconstitution/

Children in Colonial America
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM

Colonial America - A Travel Scrapbook
http://www.geocities.com/soferris51/colonialamerica.htm

Places to find WebQuests:

The WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

The WebQuest Garden
http://webquest.org/

Best WebQuests
http://bestwebquests.com/
http://bestwebquests.com/bwq/listcrosstab.asp?wqcatid=6&edid=1

Global Nomads
http://www.gng.org/

TechTrekers
http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/

Junior High WebQuests
http://www.nelliemuller.com/Junior_High_WebQuests.htm