WebQuests

The WebQuest Page

"A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation."

A description of WebQuests may include all of the following: cooperative group, interdisciplinary, long term, research project orientated, standards based, and engaged learning. They are meant to be challenging.

First Activities:

Go to WebQuests: A Strategy for Scaffolding Higher Level Learning for a more complete definition.
Then do the tour, Building Blocks of a Webquest.

Enrichment Activities:

Go to the WebQuest Page's Examples link and see if there is anything there that you like.
Go to WebQuests for Learning. Tom March offers an excellent introduction to some of the key ideas behind WebQuests.
Examine the "A WebQuest about WebQuests." This is a WebQuest team activity written by Bernie Dodge, originator of the format. It introduces WebQuests as a curriculum tool and provides examples. Choose the appropriate form.: Elementary or Middle and High School.
For those who may not be familiar with Filamentality's WebQuest format, you may want to visit Filamentality's WebQuest description and the sample WebQuest linked on this page.

WebQuest templates can be downloaded.

More Enrichment Activities:

You may want to download a WebQuest Template (or more than one) and check it out. You will need to unzip the files, and then load them into your browser.
An explanation of the anatomy of the templates will help with understanding the parts and how to use them..
Examples of Filamentality WebQuests may be found at its Search link.
For a library of information about WebQuests, you may want to visit the main WebQuest Page.

The contents of the Web Institute Web Site, including the On-Line Curriculum, Web Tank, and Session Notes, are Copyright 1999-2000, Graham School of General Studies, University of Chicago. No one may print, copy, or otherwise reproduce these materials without the express written permission of the Director of Education Programs at the Graham School. All rights reserved.

The chapters from Curriculum Webs: A Practical Guide to Weaving the Web into Teaching and Learning are Copyright 1999-2000, Craig A. Cunningham and Marty Billingsley. No one may print, copy, or otherwise reproduce these materials without the express written permission of the authors. All rights reserved.