What is a WebQuest?

WebQuest
http://webquest.org/

WebQuest Garden
http://questgarden.com/

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/

WebQuests - An Introductory Guide and Resources
http://newsroom.opencolleges.edu.au/teacher-resources/webquests/

WebQuest Taskonomy
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.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

WebQuest Resources:

Major US Wars and Military Involvement: Web Quests and Activities
http://www.remilitary.com/article-major-us-wars-and-military-involvement.html

Consructivism and Inquiry:

Using the Internet to Promote Inquiry-Based Learning
http://serc.carleton.edu/resources/22481.html

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

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

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

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.pdf

Examples of Essential Questions:

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

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

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

Let's Evaluate these WebQuests:

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

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/

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

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

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