Webquests

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What are webquests?  In the spring of 1995  Bernie Dodge and Tom March developed and drafted a format for web-based lessons and defined a WebQuest as...." an inquiry oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet..."   Since then much has been done, discovered  adapted  and adopted, everywhere. (Links see below)

There are two outstanding guides for learners of English.  One is Kathy Schrock´s challenging and resourceful site  for teachers, students and parents, where you´ll find  samples of webquests, explanations, educational articles, links and tutorials, templates  and lots of other useful info for learning and sharing.   The other is The NY Times Learning Network. Both are highly recommended and will be extensively used and referenced.

Discover Kathy´s educational resources and the variety of a categorized list of sites updated daily. 

Browse The NY Times Learning Network, the Daily Lesson Plan  and the multiple connections available

Jerry Maroulis is  USQ´s  2000s1 tutor for Unit 81534 and under his guidance some  good webquests have been developed and they are free to share.   Destination Australia is an example of how small the world has become (the positive side of globalization). 

Participants in the same group have developed other webquests. I recommend you to have a close look and start thinking how to build your own webquest. 

After you have analyzed resources recommended below you  will  have read, seen and researched not only lots of webquests but also a great diversity of valuable material .   Creation,  invention,  experience will now  amalgamate to build our own webquest, Destination Argentina,  following  principles and guidelines given, but freely adapting them according to  participants interests and needs. The suggestion is to follow   Destination Australia and Where in the World,  but  innovative ideas are welcome.

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Time to start  building real webquests: Closely analyze  Building Webquests,  links suggested and instructions given. Good luck.

RESOURCES

Bernie Dodge

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html 

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/templates/lesson-template1.htm 

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/workshop.html

Tom March:

 http://www.ozline.com/learning/workshop.html

http://ozline.com/learning/theory.html

Kathy Schrock 

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

http://www.rgu.ac.uk/~sim/research/netlearn/teaching.htm

New York Times Learning Net:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/index.html

USQ 81534 Unit group:

Destination Australia:    http://202.14.32.200/quest/Tucanos/index.htm

Where in the World:   http://online.aut.ac.nz/sites/webquest/location.nsf

http://www.users.bigpond.com/net.profit/wq/consult/intro.htm

http://202.14.32.200/colin/mywebquest/top.htm

http://www.icr.com.au/~danaj/Welcome.htm

http://homepages.tig.com.au/~taborsyd/private/webquest/top.htm

Destination Australia

http://www.sunzine.net/tour.htm - "Tour Queensland" with SunZine

http://www.queensland-holidays.com.au/ - Destination Queensland

http://www.caravanparks2.freeservers.com/ - Which region of Queensland are you interested in?

http://www.reflections.com.au/GoldCoast/Maps/MapofGC.html - Map of the Gold Coast

http://www.goldcoasttourism.com.au/gcf_history.html - Gold Coast Facts

http://www.goldcoasttourism.com.au/body.html - Gold Coast Australia 

http://www.clearlight.com/~kid/whales/hbwhales.html - Whales!

http://www.fan.net.au/ripleys/ - Have some fun!

http://www.globec.com.au/~frozen/index.htm - Fantasy in Snow and Ice - Frozenworld!

http://www.queensland-holidays.com.au/pfm/sites/0001360/body.htm - Theme Parks in Queensland.

http://www.australia-goldcoast.com.au/html/hinterland.html -Hinterland - The Green behind the Gold

http://www.wotson.com.au/beyond.html - The Gold Coast Hinterland beyond the beaches...

http://www.cairns.aust.com/directory/forms - Search Cairns online.

http://www.atn.com.au/parks/links.htm - World National Parks Links

http://www.holidaycoast.net.au/maps.html - Touring Maps and more

http://qroti.bit.net.au/ - All about trains and tours

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~castaway/cairns/cns.html - The amazing north!