1. WebQuest Quick Start

2. What is a WebQuest A WebQuest is an activity or lesson created using a specific format Dr. Bernie Dodge created the format in 1995 for pre-service education students Guided safe way to allow students to use online resources instead of searching for them Allows students to work together, role play, solve real life problems or create real life products

3. You can use any software that allows you to add web links with the following sections: Title Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher Page What is the format?

4. Title Title Description Grade Level Curriculum Area

5. Introduction Introduction to the lesson or activity Short exciting paragraph Motivational on what’s to come

6. Task What the students are going to do What is the end result Don’t give step by step details here

7. Process Clear steps, numbered when possible What the students will do How they will do it How it should be organized What resources they will use What equipment they will use

8. Evaluation What is expected from the students What is expected from the group Clear guidelines Can be a Rubric

9. Conclusion Closure or summary of activity or lesson Have the students talk about what they did and what they learned Ask a possible question to think about for the future

10. Teacher Page List as much info as possible for yourself and others who may want to use or adapt this WebQuest Resources Standards Anything you would change or improve Anything that worked really well or not Anything that would help anyone in the future with this WebQuest

11. Create a WebQuest in Word PowerPoint HTML Any software that allows hyperlinks www.zunal.com (its free!)

12. Resources http://www.zunal.com/ - Free! http://www.webquest.org/ - Dr. Bernie Dodge http://questgarden.com/index.php - $ http://bestwebquests.com/ Tom March http://bestwebquests.com/what_webquests_are.asp

13. WebQuest by Dr. Bernie Dodge http://youtu.be/v7UynehA_l0

14. WebQuest Quote, by Tom March “A WebQuest is a scaffolded learning structure that uses links to essential resources on the World Wide Web and an authentic task to motivate students’ investigation of a central, open-ended question, development of individual expertise and participation in a final group process that attempts to transform newly acquired information into a more sophisticated understanding. The best WebQuests do this in a way that inspires students to see richer thematic relationships, facilitate a contribution to the real world of learning and reflect on their own metacognitive processes.” by Tom March, 2003