Saturday, December 5, 2009

Tech Tuesday - Webquests in the Classroom

This week in Tech Tuesday we'll spend some time talking about Webquests and how webquests may be incorporated into core curriculum.
In a nutshell, a webquest is an inquiry-oriented online learning tool.  They can last one class period or one month becasue the duration is set by the teacher.  Bernie Dodge is a leader in webquest design and we'll spend some time on Tuesday navigating through the Bernie Dodge Webquest website.

That's all Tech Tuesday is - 20 minutes of spending time with technology.

In case you aren't able to attend - Here are a few excellent starting points that allow easy searching for webquests applicable to curriculum.

Tate Online: http://nmolp.tate.org.uk/webquests/
General Info:  http://warrigoni.com/7007/webq.htm
Science - http://www.middleschool.net/less_tut/webquests/sciwq.htm
Math (other subjects too) - http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/computing/web_quests/math/
Social Studies - http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/socialst.html
Language Arts - http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/itech/webquests/wqmatrix/engla.htm
Music and Arts - http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/
Foreign Language - http://www.rogers.k12.ar.us/users/bgilmer/webquest.html
Physical Education/Health - http://bestwebquests.com/bwq/listarea.asp?wqcatid=5&edid

And Lastly - a google wonderwheel search for webquests provided these results - http://www.google.com/search?q=webquests&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbo=1&tbs=ww:1