WebQuests

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. The model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge with Tom March, and was outlined then in Some Thoughts About WebQuests.

TAH Created Webquests

Growing Up Colonial

Samples:

Middle School Social Studies

High School Social Studies

TAH Created Webquests

Growing Up Colonial

Design Patterns and Templates for WebQuest Development

Want to be thoroughly up to date? These 26 design patterns, each with their own template, supercede the old generic templates listed to the left. If you can find a pattern that fits your needs. you'll cut your development time in half

wNet School Concept to Classroom WebQuest workshop
A self-paced overview complete with video interviews.

A Quick Guide to Creating a Social Studies Exit Project using the WebQuest Form (Word document)

WebQuests in the Middle School Curriculum: Promoting Technological Literacy in the Classroom.
By Kenneth Lee Watson. Published in Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2, July 1999. ISSN 1097-9778

A WebQuest about WebQuests
An exercise that's useful for introducing the concept to educators. Working in teams they examine five WebQuests from four different points of view. There are several versions:

The WebQuest Design Process A flowchart showing the steps involved in designing a WebQuest.

Building Blocks for WebQuests A description of the six essential sections of a WebQuest. Newly enhanced by the San Diego City Schools Ed Tech Dept.

The WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks
Describes 12 categories for describing what you ask learners to do, 11 of which can lead to higher level thinking. See also Mary Vieira's Taskonomy in Pictures

WebQuests in Our Future
An introduction to the WebQuest concept in PowerPoint form on the web, created by Kathy Schrock.

Lesson Templates for Students and Teachers
How do you get a WebQuest started quickly? Don't start with a blank screen... download these instead.

A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests
Is your WebQuest as good as it could be? This rubric allows you to score it along eight dimensions to see where it might be improved.