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Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Education:
WebQuests
The format of a WebQuest demands considerable planning by the teacher. Students use the Web to
find relevant resource and prepare a product hat demonstrates synthesis of information found.
The following resources were gathered by Sara Bushong, Head, Curriculum Materials Library,
Bowling Green State University, for her chapter on WebQuests in the 2004 book from the
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL): Digital Resources and Librarians: Case
Studies in Innovation, Invention and Implementation. (2004). Patricia O'Brien Libutti](Ed.).
Chicago: ALA/ACRL.
WWW Resources
About WebQuests: Definitions, Process, and Products
- CyberGuides: Teacher guides and student activities from SCORE: Schools of California Online Resources for Education web site
- URL: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
- Enchanted learning
- URL: http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
- Filamentality Database
- From the Knowledge Network Explorer Search Web Site.
- URL: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/kne_search.html
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - WebQuests
- Kathy states "I have designed a sample WebQuest entitled "The 1960's Museum. Visit her extensive collection of sites WebQuest-related.
- URL: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
- Matrix of WebQuest Examples
- URL: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html
- Some thoughts About WebQuests
- Early statement (1995) from Bernie Dodge, founder of WebQuests, now used around the world.
- URL: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html
- WebQuest Page
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- "Ideas for using the web for research in the classroom, including the one-computer classroom; web rings to link WebQuest projects. Templates provide an easy way to get started creating your WebQuest.. The WebQuest Anatomy Page describes what each subpage is all about." [from site annotation]
- URL: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
- WebQuests and more
- This is Tom March's [Australia] work on WebQuests. Look for his writings on the areas of
Working the Web for Education ( the overview article ), Why WebQuests? (an introductory
article), Input · Transformation · Output ( a training WebQuest ), Uncovering the Question /
Task (ideas & examples), The WebQuest Design Process (Three stages: Exploring the
Possibilities, Designing for Success, and Creating Your WebQuest).
- Also examine the following WebQuest related software products: Web-and-Flow Interactive ( the
best WebQuest maker) PacBell's Filamentality (a Quick & Dirty WebQuest maker ), The Idea
Machine (brainstorming tool ), WebQuest Pre-Write (an interactive worksheet).
- To evaluate a WebQuest, use: The WebQuest Designer's Checklist ( self-check key elements ) and
the WebQuest Rubric
- Also on Tom March's site are WebQuests constructed by adults. They are evaluated, with links to
the WebQuests in context (i.e., in an organization).
- URL: http://www.ozline.com/learning/index.htm
Sample WebQuests Online
- WebQuests..Resources.from the Curriculum Resource Center web site
- Sara Bushgong, Curriculum Materials Center at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, focuses on WebQuests and their application in language study. The collection on this site shows student and teacher examples.
- URL: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/crc/webquests.html
- SESD Webquests Saskatoon [Nova Scotia, CA)
- Look at the Tutorial developed as a teacher resource as well as the student examples.
- URL: http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm
- Searching for China: a Full WebQuest
- This WebQuest includes the stages for a complete WebQuest.
Other examples are linked on this site.
- URL: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html
- WebQuests and more
- Look at Tom March's collection, from all sectors.
- URL: http://www.ozline.com
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