WebQuest Worksheet

The WebQuest strategy was developed in 1995 by Professor Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University. The goal was to help teachers integrate the web into the classroom. Tom March teamed up with Dodge to create the first WebQuests and put them online for teachers and students to use.

Directions: Answer the following questions in your handbook.

  1. What is the definition of a WebQuest according to the founder of WebQuests, Bernie Dodge?  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html
  2. Discuss this definition with your group and restate the definition of a WebQuest in your own words.
  3. Use the chart below to compare the following attributes of short term and long term WebQuests.

    4. Attribute

    Short Term WebQuest

    Long Term WebQuest

    Time

    		    

    Dimension of thinking

    		  

     

    Student interaction with the material presented

    		    

     

  4. List five critical attributes of a WebQuest:
  5.  Three non-critical attributes. (scroll down to find these).
  6. Complete A WebQuest about Webquests: 
    Bernie Dodge has constructed a WebQuest About WebQuests that asks you to evaluate some already constructed WebQuests.  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestwebquest-es.html

 

  1. When you finish this activity, go to the Matrix of Examples and look at some other WebQuests on your own to get more ideas for your WebQuest.
    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html

     

Remember to write down brainstorms and URL's that you want to refer to later.

     

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Jill D. Walch
Central Square Central School District
August, 2001