Planning Your WebQuest
by Sandy Scragg

Activities:

1) Evaluate WebQuests based on your grade level (Individually or in Pairs)
Choose a grade level that is appropriate for your teaching. Consult Bernie Dodge's WebQuest Rubric and decide if the WebQuest you have chosen is a "good" example of a WebQuest or not. You may work alone or with a partner. Come up with a few of your own criteria that are essential to the making of a good WebQuest.

• Early elementary: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-es.html

• Elementary: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-3-4.html

• Middle: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-ms.html

• Middle-High: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-hs.html

• High: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-hum.html

NOTE: As an additional exercise, look at Bernie Dodge's list of "new" WebQuests and rate one project according to your own newly-acquired set of criteria.

2) Create our own list of criteria for WebQuests
I will solicit ideas from the group & we'll create our own list of what makes a good WebQuest.

3) Review some concepts/training materials for better planning
I'll review some helpful Internet resources for the group before we start working on our own WebQuests.

• Taskonomy http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html

• Taskonomy Inspiration Web: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/tasksimap

• Pre-writing the WebQuest: http://www.ozline.com/webquests/prewrite.html

• Questions to ask yourself while planning: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.HTM

• Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier than You Think: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.shtml

• The Process Checklist: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processchecker.html

4) Evaluating Web Resources for Use in the Classroom
Where do you find educative resources for the classroom? How can you tell that a web site is appropriate for classroom use?

• Sandy's Internet Resources for Teachers

• The Essentials of Google Search

• 5 Easy Steps to Evaluating a Web Page

• Four NETS for Better Searching

• Specialized Search Engines and Directories

5) Use the free TeacherWeb WebQuest template

• Sample TeacherWeb WebQuest: http://teacherweb.com/AK/Appleton/WebQuest

• Create Your Own WebQuest: http://teacherweb.com/IdxStatesQ.htm

• TeacherWeb FAQ: http://teacherweb.com/Help.htm

5) Create your own WebQuest (Individually or in Pairs)
Please make sure to add the link to your WebQuest onto the circulating sign-in sheet. Follow the step-by-step instructions for creating your own WebQuest on TeacherWeb. Sandy & Bee will be circulating around the room to offer assistance.

6) Wanna share?
Don't be shy! Share your WebQuest with us--in progress is OK. Give Sandy the link to your project.

7) Additional WebQuest Resources

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

• Rate WebQuests/View Examples: http://webquest.org/matrix0.php
  

• WebQuests--best practices: http://webquest.org/matrix3.php
  

• How to adapt a WebQuest: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/adapting/index.html
  

• WebQuest templates: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
  

• WebQuest design formats: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm
  

• Article w/links on creating a WebQuest: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.shtml
  

• Spartanburg, SC's WebQuest Page:http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
  

• More WebQuest training materials: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm
  
  
• WebQuest Collections (samples): http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm

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