WebQuest: Engaging Students in Inquiry on the Internet

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WebQuest Engaging Students in Inquiry on the
Internet

• Andrew J. Milson Stephanie Brenner
• Karla Gulke R.C. Lowe
• Northern Illinois University

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Using the Internet

• Possibilities?
• Pitfalls?

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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

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Critical Attributes

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Resources
• Evaluation
• Conclusion

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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_collection
  s.htm
• http//www.cedu.niu.edu/milson/hall_of_fame/index
  .html

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Source Collections

• WebQuest SeedSites
• 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/

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Samples

• Who are the People in our Neighborhood?
• Stephanie Brenner
• Discovering Illinois
• R.C. Lowe
• Washington, DC Here we Come
• Karla Gulke