These resources have been organized for use by the participants in the
Fall 2000 Chico High School staff WebQuest class taught by Peter Milbury.

Getting Started With *WebQuests

Why WebQuests?
Article by one of the early developers of WebQuests, Tom March.

The Student WebQuest
Article by Dr. Maureen Brown Yoder which thoroughly examines and explains the WebQuest model, with many examples and links. Linked from: ISTE's - Learning & Leading with Technology, vol. 26 no. 7: April 1999.

Assessing WebQuests
A handy rubric which can be used to assess a WebQuest. Use this as you get started, and as a tool to see how you are doing.

The WebQuest Matrix of Examples Page
From Bernie Dodge, creator of the WebQuest model. See how WebQuests have been developed at all grade levels, for a variety of subject areas.

WebQuest Collections
From Bernie Dodge, creator of the WebQuest model. "These are lists of WebQuests created in various settings, mostly University courses and workshops."

The WebQuest Page
The home page of the WebQuest model for effective use of the web in the curriculum. Hosted by Bernie Dodge, creator of the WebQuest model.
 

Additional WebQuest Resource Collections

Learning with the World
Offered by one of the early developers of WebQuests, Tom March, "The following links and activities were organized and created to provide a clear vision and process for intelligently integrating the embarrassment of riches that is the Internet, a richness that is worthless without the clever guidance of an educator."

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - WebQuest
Additional resources gathered and created by Kathy Schrock.
 

Resources for Web Page Development

Links for the Web Page Development Class
This set of links focus on the things one needs to know about composing Web pages. It includes sections on: Tips and Tutorials for Making Web Pages With Netscape Composer; Web Page Design Resources; and Graphic Elements for Web Page Construction.

Smart Searching On the Web
This section will help you learn how to locate the information resources that you will be able to use with the unit that you are developing for your class. Includes sections on: Launchpads for Searching the Web; Search Engines, Directories, and Multi-Searchers; About Internet Searching With Search Engines; and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Evaluating Web Sources.

*Many thanks are due to Bernie Dodge and Tom March for developing and promoting the use of this effective curriculum model for teachers who are trying to make use of the rich variety of infortmation resources of the Web.