WebQuests in the Classroom
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Instructor
Objectives
Grading and Due Dates
Assignments
Resources
Examples of WebQuests
Frequentlly Asked Questions
Required Reading
  
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Instructor:

thebarn@netins.net
Tami J. Little
Box 44
Climbing Hill, IA 51015
712-876-2255 OR 712-876-2195
 


A WebQuest is defined, by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, as "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet."  A WebQuest provides the perfect model for teachers searching for ways to incorporate the Internet into the classroom on both a short-term and long-term basis.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
How much work will I have to do to successfully complete this course?
Use the assignment checklist to help guide you.  The purpose is NOT to have you do busy work, but instead to have you complete practical assignments that will help you with your teaching.

What do I do if I need help or have a question?
E-mail me at thebarn@netins.net  write HELP in the subject line.  If that isn't fast enough, call me at 712-876-2255 OR 712-876-2195.  If you don't reach me, call back, please.

How do I know if I am done with the course?
When you have checked all of the assignments,  you are done.  Mail the checklist and your assignments to me via US Mail all at once in one envelope.

When are my assignments due?
Assignments are all due February 12th, 2002.

Will I get my final project back?
NO, please make copies for me and keep your original.  I will send comments on a piece of paper.

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Objectives:
The participants will...
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Grading and Due Dates:
Your work is due February 12th.  Total your points to 100 to earn the grade of A.
10 points Know the definition of a WebQuest
10 points Identify differences between a Short Term WebQuest and a Long Term WebQuest
10 points Describe the critical and non-critical attributes of a WebQuest
25 points Incorporate thinking skills (learning styles, multiple intelligences, brain based learning) into a WebQuest
10 points Learn the steps to design a WebQuest
50 points Create a WebQuest (in rough form or completed form...ready to be used!)
10 points Share your WebQuest with others (tell others via e-mail what you have done, topic, ideas, assignments, etc.)
5 points Evaluation  The evaluation is online at the URL http://academic.wsc.edu/redl/OnLine_Evaluation.html. 
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Assignments:
1. Send an introduction to me at thebarn@netins.net
 2. Keep your timelog 3. GO to Web Quest Site Examples

READ Read the links.  Visit the links.  See if you can find a WebQuest in your subject or topic area.
DOWrite about a WebQuest that you located that will be helpful to you in your teaching.  Keep this to mail in your packet at the end of the course.

 4. View the Slide Show
This is your introduction to WebQuests. 

DOThink about your topic.  What unit, topic, or theme that connects to your curriculum would you like to use for your WebQuest?  What ideas pop into your head?  Keep this to mail in your packet at the end of the course.
5. Read the article by Maureen Brown Yoder.

Write a one or two paragraph summary about the benefits you could see of WebQuests in the Classroom.

 6. GO to  Working the Web for Education

READ Read the information on that page.  Think about how this effects your teaching.
DO  Write  your thoughts about Working the Web. Keep this to mail in your packet at the end of the course.

 7. GO to Ten Stages to Web-Use Nirvana

READ Read the information on that page. Identify which stage you are at.
DO  Write your stage and why you believe that to be true. Keep this to mail in your packet at the end of the course.

 8a. GO to WebQuests for Learning

READRead the Myths in the Introduction section.  Agree or disagree with the myths.
DOWrite your feelings about the myths.  Describe why you agree or disagree. Keep this to mail in your packet at the end of the course.
8b. GO to WebQuests for Learning
READRead the section about Why WebQuests?
DO Write and identify the reasons you would use a WebQuest in your classroom. Keep this to mail in your packet at the end of the course.		 8c. GO to WebQuests for Learning
READRead the Process and Access section.
DO Describe your access to the Internet choosing from the Process and Access descriptions. Keep this to mail in your packet at the end of the course.		 9. 
A.  CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC 
B.  THINK about the activities you want to include.
C.  Print the TEMPLATE for creating a Web Quest.  OR you may choose THIS TEMPLATE.
D.  Start your rough draft!		 10.GO to the World Wide Web.  Find as many sites as you can to connect to your subject.  This is where a search engine might be helpful.  Go to the web SEARCH ENGINES  for some search engine choices.
READ Read the summaries as you search for good sites that apply.
DO  Record your sites that you will be using for your WebQuest.
***************Create your WebQuest******************
You can find some GREAT help for creating a WebQuest at the Filamentality web site http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners. So it helps you combine the Filaments of the Web with a learner's mentality (get it?). Support is built in through Mentality Tips, so you'll be guided right along the way and end up with a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff.

*Use the template, the information above, and any other sources to help you.  If you have questions, feel free to call.
*SEND your web quest to me either via e-mail, or in the US Mail.
*If you have a way to "launch" your WebQuest, do that and just send me the address.


Resources:
Bernie Dodge's WebQuest Page
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

Filamentality
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil

WebQuest Sites (links to a number of webquests that are all ready completed for you!)
http://academic.wsc.edu/redl/classes/tami/wqsites.html

OzLine WebQuests for Learning
http://www.ozline.com/webquests/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators WebQuest
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

Sidebar to Maureen Brown Yoder's Web Quest Article
http://www.iste.org/L&L/archive/vol26/no7/features/yoder/sidebar.html

Language Arts
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cla.html

History/Social Studies
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/

Active Learning on the Web
Bernie Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/active/ActiveLearningk-12.html

Working the Web for Education
Tom March
http://ozline.com/learning/theory.html

What's on the Web- sorting strands of the World Wide Web for Educators
Tom March
http://www.ozline.com/learning/webtypes.html

Learning with the World
Tom March
http://www.ozline.com/learning/workshop.html

Surf, Stumble, Search and Lurch - a sampler for finding worth and meaning on the web
Tom March
http://www.ozline.com/learning/stumble.html

World Wide Web Workbook
http://sln.fi.edu/primer/primer.html

Embracing engaged learning
R. Carroll
http://www.ash.udel.edu/incoming/mjohnson/model.html

Practical strategies for using the net to enhance your classroom curriculum
S. di Ruscio
http://www.4forefront.com/integration2.html

Web-and-Flow by Tom March, one of the 'co-inventors' of the webquest strategy has an
excellent website at http://www.ozline.com and for some excellent stuff for staff PD. Look at these pages particularly

http://www.ozline.com/learning/10stages.html

http://www.ozline.com/sessions/intro.au.html

http://www.ozline.com/learning/student_centered.html

WebQuests for Learning
Tom March
http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html

WebQuests in our future ; the teacher's role in cyberspace  (Powerpoint presentation)
Kathy Schrock
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest

WebQuests: a strategy for scaffolding higher level learning
Bernie Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm

What is a WebQuest?
Bernie Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/overview.htm

Some Thoughts about WebQuests
Bernie Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/About_webquests.html

WebQuests for Learning
Tom March
http://www.ozline.com/webquests

A WebQuest on Active Learning
Bernie Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/edfirst/courses/ito_activity.html

A WebQuest about WebQuests
Bernie Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestwebquest-es.html
 

WebQuest Design Process Building Block of a WebQuest
Bernie Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html

The WebQuest Design Process
Tom March
http://www.ozline.com/webquests/design.html

WebQuest Design Process
March and Dodge
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/Process/WebQuestDesignProcess.html

Step Zero : What to do before searching
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/stepzero.html

Seven Steps Towards Better Searching
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/sevensteps.html

A Comparative Study Rubric : Ideas for evaluation
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/SDBiarritz/rubric.html

Template
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/webquest_template.html

Getting your WebQuest on  the Internet Filamentality - step by step
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil

http://web-and-flow.com/help/formats.htm - both are developed by Tom March

Learning With the World
http://www.ozline.com/learning/workshop.html

Mary Ellen Kilmer Writes:
Do you know ...
Curriculum Quest: A webquest for Teachers who want to integrate the Internet
into their curriculum.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/8059/CurriculumQuest.html

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This page was created by Tami J. Little for the course WebQuests in the Classroom.  Some of the Resources links were taken from e-mail messages to the Big6 Listserv by Barbara Braxton and Linda Woods Hyman 8-5-99.  Revised 1-02.