Webquests

=Webquests=

**A) Using Webquests:**
**What is a Webquest?**

 Webquests are great ways of taking resources found on the Web and adapting them for classroom use. Although they can take a long time to prepare, there may be an existing webquests that you can use. An example: [|A Webquest about New York] another example: [|A Webquest about a trip to Australia]
 * //A webquest is “an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet“ (Bernie Dodge, 1995)//

**Finding Webquests** There are now many sources of webquests on the Internet. Here are a few sites where you can use to find them:
 * http://webquest.org/index.php
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**Task: Evaluating Webquests** Choose some of the Webquests on this page and evaluate how and if you may use it with a secondary class. Are they appropriate? Would they require any adaptation?

B) Creating Webquests
Templates for creating your own webquests can be found here:
 * [|http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html__] (html / Webpage format)
 * [|http://www.mtwp.net/%7Ejane_glass/wqwordtemplate.doc__] (Word document)
 * http://questgarden.com 30 day free trial for Webquest hosting

__**Finding out more**__
 * Dodge, B (1997) Some Thoughts about Webquests __[]__
 * Webquests and More: http://www.mtwp.net/%7Ejane_glass/wqsmore.html
 * Webquest Workshop: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/index.html