Workshop Agenda

Opening / Discussion (5 minutes)
  • Discuss the Structure and Purpose of a WebQuest
  • Compare and Contrast WebQuests to Traditional Classroom Projects
Part I: Planning A WebQuest

Discussion : Using a WebQuest Planning Sheet (5 minutes)

References:
http://www.mediaworkshop.org/tutorials/webquest/planning.html

  • Select a WebQuest Topic
  • Discuss WebQuest Products
  • Discuss Types of Resources are Used for WebQuests

Demo and Discussion : Using a WebQuest Template (10 Minutes)

References:
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/lesson-template1.htm (Handout)

  • Sample WebQuest Template
  • Downloading a WebQuest Template and Opening It With Word

Part II: File Management

Demo and Hands On:
Creating Folders and Saving a Document as a Webpage (10 minutes)

  • Creating and Naming Folders for HTML Documents and Images
  • Content of Folders
  • Discuss Broken Links
  • Types of images to use for a webpage (jpeg, gif)
  • Saving a Word document as a webpage

Part III: Creating a WebQuest

Hands On: Using a WebQuest Template to Create a WebQuest (40 minutes)

Write Your WebQuest's Task

References:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/task.htm (Building Blocks of a WebQuest_The Task)
http://www.bsd405.org/instructionaltech/Howto/webquests/kinds.html ( Types of Tasks)


Write Your WebQuest's Introduction

Reference:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm (Building Blocks of a WebQuest_The Introduction)
Start to Write Your WebQuest's Process

Reference:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/process.htm Building Blocks of a WebQuest_The Process

Inserting Links

Part IV: Attachments

Demo and Hands On:

  • How do you add a folder/document to a zip?
  • How do you send, download, and open an attachment to an e-mail?
Part V: Homework

Homework Assignment:

 
Additional Resources

Designing a WebQuest

Building Blocks of a WebQuest
The WebQuest Design Process
Adapting and Enhancing Existing WebQuests
Selecting a WebQuest Project
WebQuest Design Patterns

Essential Questions and Tasks

Essential Question Examples
Uncovering the Question/Task
WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taskonomy of WebQuest Tasks
Articles

Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier Than You Think (Handout)
Tips for Creating Your Own WebQuests

Graphics

http://www.google.com/ 1) Click on Images 2) Type the name of the image you want to find 3) Click google search 4) Click on the image you want to save 5) Navigate to the images folder for your website 6) Save the image to the images folder.
http://www.gograph.com/ (Get animations, photos, and icons here.)
http://www.animationfactory.com/ (This is one of my favorite sites for animations.)
http://edtech.sandi.net/handouts/graphics/ (Find links to graphics on the Internet)
http://www.grsites.com/textures/ (Backgrounds)
http://www.eosdev.com/ForYouFromEos.htm (Backgrounds Textures,Backgrounds Borders, Buttons, Bullets, Pointers, Text Graphics and Navigation)