DEFINITION:
• A WebQuest," according to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept, "is an 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 on looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation."
From the article, “Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier Than You Think!” By Linda Starr; EducationWorld (http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech011.shtml)
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READY-TO-USE PROJECTS & TEMPLATES:
The “jackpot sites:”
• Bernie Dodge’s Webquest site at San Diego State Univ.: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
• Best WebQuests: http://bestwebquests.com/
• Biopoint: http://www.biopoint.com/online_gallery/Welcome.html
• Blue Web’n: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
• edHelper: http://www.edhelper.com/
• Kathy Shrock: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
• My Teacher Tools: http://www.myteachertools.com/webquests.php
• Technology Challenge Grants: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.html

Additional sites:
• Berks County Intermediate Unit: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/default.htm
• Dr. Alice Christie’s Matrix of 282 WebQuests: http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html
• Eduscapes: http://www.eduscapes.com/sessions/cyberprairie/webquests.htm
• Louisiana State University:http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/
• Macomb County SD: http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/webqindx.htm
• Midge Frazel/Southcoast Tech. Ctr: http://midgefrazel.net/lrnwebq.html
• Milford, CT Public Schools WebQuests: http://www.milforded.org/teachers_rooms/wq.asp
• New Mexico State University: http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/examples.html
• New South Wales Dept. of Education: http://www.curriculumsupport.nsw.edu.au/learningtechnologies/webquests/quests.htm
• Richard Levine’s List: http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm#WEBQUESTS
• Spartanburg County SD: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
• Teft Middle School: http://my.ais.net/~rlevine/morewebquests.html
• University of Richmond: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/
• West Bend WebQuest Resource List: http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/webquest/

Templates:
• Bernie Dodge’s San Diego State University’s WebQuest Templates: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
• HTML format: wqhtmltemplate.html
• MS WORD format: wqwordtemplate.doc

READY TO GET STARTED?
* Click on "WEBQUESTS & More" to access explanations and hyperlinked sites depicting the steps, scenarios and samples that may serve as helpful references in the design process (http://www.mtwp.k12.pa.us/~jane_glass/wqsmore.html)