WebQuest Model Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why Assignment EDUC 7106 Project Team Members: Andy Charlotte Lori

WebQuests Developed by Bernie Dodge Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University Other contributors: Tom March, SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow ( ) Educational Technology Staff at San Diego State Participants from Teach the Teachers Consortium

WebQuests are relatively new technology based lesson plans that are becoming increasingly popular in the classroom. WebQuests are an excellent way to differentiate instruction in the classroom and maintain the attention of the students. “A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.” Dodge, Bernie. (2007b). WebQuests. Retrieved July 5, 2008, from Department of Educational Technology: San Diego University. Web site:

WebQuest Design Process Topic selection Select a design well-suited to topic Determine authentic assessment Design the process Complete and refine product Dodge, B. (2007). WebQuests Design Process. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from Department of Educational Technology: San Diego University Website

Topic Selection Is this topic tied to the standards I should teach? Will this topic make good use of the Web? Have you been dissatisfied with previous lessons on this topic? Will this topic require deep understanding? Dodge, B. (1999). Selecting a WebQuest Project. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from Department of Educational Technology: San Diego University Website

Creating WebQuests "Traditionally WebQuests have an introduction, a process, a task, a list of resources, a conclusion, and an evaluation (Spartanburg County).” Often teachers create a simulated career experience for the students to undergo during the Web Quest, such as, “You are an astronaut planning a trip to the moon.” (Concept to Classroom, 2004)

Student and Teacher Process Guides Working together: Brainstorm, Agree on Topic, Time Management Guides for evaluating websites, primary sources, and photographs Techniques for successful interviews Tips on persuasive arguments McDowell, D. (1999). Process Guides. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from Department of Educational Technology: San Diego University Website

Search for a WebQuest

Advantages to using WebQuests- The major benefits of Web Quests are: “Tomorrow's workers will need to be able to work in teams. Individuals will move through several careers in the course of a lifetime. The issues facing citizens will become more and more complex, and societal problems will resist easy fixes or black-and-white categorization, The amount of information available to everyone will grow at an accelerating pace; much of it will come directly from a growing number of sources without filtering or verification. (Concept to Classroom, 2004)” The use of Web Quests teaches students how to become lifelong independent learners.

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Dodge, B. (2007). Search for WebQuests. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from Department of Educational Technology: San Diego University Website Dodge, B. (1999). Selecting a WebQuest Project. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from Department of Educational Technology: San Diego University Website Dodge, B. (2007). Creating WebQuests. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from Department of Educational Technology: San Diego UniversityWebsite Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (2007). Internet Expeditions: Exploring, Using, Adapting, and Creating WebQuests Website. Retrieved July 9, 2008 from eduScapes Website Lamb, A. (2007). Literature Learning Ladders. Retrieved on July 9, 2008 from eduScapes Website March, T. (2005). The new www” whatever, whenever, wherever. In Schultz, F.(Ed.), Education 07-08, Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill. (Reprinted from Educational Leadership, December 2005-January 2006.) March, T. (2008). What are webquests really? Retrieved July 9, 2008 from References

March, T. (2008).Best WebQuests. Retrieved July 9, 2008 from Prensky, M. (2005). Listen to the natives. In Schultz, F. (Ed.), Education 07-08, Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill. (Reprinted from Educational Leadership,December 2005-January 2006.) teAchology. (2008). WebQuest Generator. Retrieved July 9, 2008 from MERLOT. (n.d.) Retrieved July 9, 2008 from Spartanburg County School District 3. WebQuests. Retrieved July 5, 2008, from Spartanburg County School District 3. Web site: References