WebQuest: Engaging Students in Inquiry on the Internet
Andrew J. Milson Stephanie Brenner
Karla Gulke R.C. Lowe
Northern Illinois University
Using the Internet
Possibilities?
Pitfalls?
WebQuest
Defined– an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or
all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet.
Types– Short-term or Long-term– Single discipline, Multi-disciplinary,
Interdisciplinary– Collaborative or Individual
Critical Attributes
IntroductionTaskProcessResourcesEvaluationConclusion
WebQuest Resources
The WebQuest Page – http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
Sample WebQuests– http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html
– http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm
– http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~milson/hall_of_fame/index.html
Source Collections
WebQuest “Seed”Sites– http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/seedsites.html
Audio Archives– http://www.archervalerie.com/audio.html
Primary Source Collections– National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/– Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/– Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/
Samples
Who are the People in our Neighborhood? – Stephanie Brenner
Discovering Illinois – R.C. Lowe
Washington, DC Here we Come – Karla Gulke