WebQuests

A WebQuest is a student-centred 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. Traditionally WebQuests have an introduction, a process, a task, a list of resources, a conclusion, and an evaluation. Click here to see a diagram that is an introductory overview of a WebQuest.  View a sample diagram for brainstorming ideas on a cross-curriculum unit of work.

There is no point in designing a web page totally from scratch when you can use ready made templates that do the job for you or adapt existing WebQuests. Use the links below as a starting point.  You will also find a guide to developing assessment rubrics and a further rubric to evaluate WebQuests.

For directions on copying pictures to use in your webquest, or for directions on creating links, creating a bookmark (a hyperlink between sections of your document), and creating a link using a picture, click here.

The WebQuest page		The Learning power of WebQuests		A WebQuest about WebQuests		Best WebQuests
The starting point for all WebQuest construction.		Lots of the theory that underpins WebQuests. You might like to submit your finished WebQuest here for evaluation!		By Bernie Dodge, the person who first coined the term "WebQuest".		The name says it all! You can search specifically for Language WebQuests
LanguageQuests		WebQuests, une approche constructiviste		Collaboration rubric		Rubrics
A Dutch website with some useful links to existing language focussed WebQuests & further outlines the theory.		A French website (in French or English) that explains the theory along with practical examples & useful links to other sites		A collaboration rubric based on Nancy Pickett's principles		A link to Adelaide High's website
A WebQuest template		More templates		The WebQuest process		Des WebQuests
Use this if you plan to create your WebQuests in Word. It was developed by Spartanburg County.		A range of templates that you can use in a Web Editor such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage.		A fun site that gets you, the teacher, to explore WebQuests, using a WebQuest.		A PowerPoint presentation in French that outlines some of the theory about WebQuests.

If you want to look at some French specific WebQuests, click here.