Wondering+about+WebQuests

Essential Question: How can educators create webquests to encourage inquiry-based learning and encourage higher-level thinking?
=Sign-in, Connectivity & Session Starter=


 * Ice Breakers
 * Process Skills
 * Cooperative Learning
 * Essential Questions

=Definition=

[|A real WebQuest....] (from Bernie Dodge at [|webquest.org]). ..
 * is wrapped around a doable and interesting task that is ideally a scaled down version of things that adults do as citizens or workers.
 * requires higher level thinking, not simply summarizing. This includes synthesis, analysis, problem-solving, creativity and judgment.
 * makes good use of the web. A WebQuest that isn't based on real resources from the web is probably just a traditional lesson in disguise. (Of course, books and other media can be used within a WebQuest, but if the web isn't at the heart of the lesson, it's not a WebQuest.)
 * isn't a research report or a step-by-step science or math procedure. Having learners simply distilling web sites and making a presentation about them isn't enough.
 * isn't just a series of web-based experiences. Having learners go look at this page, then go play this game, then go here and turn your name into hieroglyphs doesn't require higher level thinking skills and so, by definition, isn't a WebQuest.

=Structure=


 * [|Building Blocks of a WebQuest]


 * **[|Introduction]**
 * **[|Task]**
 * **[|Process]**
 * **[|Evaluation]**
 * **[|Conclusion]**


 * Introduction**
 * Task**
 * Process**
 * Evaluation**
 * Conclusion**

=**Essentials**= ==
 * [|Bernie Dodge's WebQuest Mothership]
 * [|WebQuest 101]
 * [|The Learning Power of WebQuests]

=Doing= = = =Types=
 * [|WebQuest about WebQuests]


 * [|WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks]
 * [|WebQuest Design Patterns]

=Examples=


 * [|Find WebQuests]
 * [|Best WebQuests]
 * [|WebQuest by Dewey Decimal Classification]
 * WebQuests on Maine

=Evaluation=

= = =Ideas=
 * [|Rubric for evaluating webquests]

= =
 * [|Seed Sites]
 * [|Themes & Essential Questions]

=**Resources**=


 * Rubrics
 * [|Templates]
 * [|WebQuest Resources]
 * Photo Resources
 * ClipArt Resources
 * Internet Resources
 * [|Internet Resources Workshop]

=**" Let's Make a Webquest"**=


 * **[|Wikispaces for Educators]**
 * [|Zunal.com - An Online Webquest Creator]


 * [|QuestGarden]
 * Create a WebQuest: wq1 wq2 wq3 wq4 wq5 wq6 wq7 wq8 wq9 wq10 wq11 wq12 wq13 wq14 wq15 wq16 wq17 wq18 wq19 wq20 wq21 wq22 wq23 wq24 wq25

=**Debrief**=