What is a webquest?

A webquest is a inquiry-based learning activity in which students address some issue, question, topic, or theme by examining a series of web-based sites. In learning to address their issue or question using web-based resources, students are learning how to use the web as a learning tool. They are also learning how to reflect on and extend the material they acquire from the web. And, in many cases, they are assuming the perspective of a role - a song writer, detective, movie producer, scientist, city planner, etc., who must address a problem or issue or who must produce a final product.

To gain some sense of a webquest, go to some of the following sites:

Webquests (mostly English)
teachersource
webquest.sdsu.edu
ESL Cyberlinks
teach-nology
teacherresource

Webquests: Literature
Poetry [Amanda Bekkum, Michelle Schneekloth]
To Kill a Mockingbird [Beth O'Hara]
The Great Gatsby
The Crucible
Of Mice and Men
The Scarlet Letter
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
The Bluest Eye
The House on Mango Street
Holes

Media Literacy webquest

Advertising
Cyberganda Advertising
Advertisers: Intrepreter of Our Dreams?
School Funding and Commercial Advertising in Schools
Analyzing Advertising

Radio production

Module 2: Word document

Five Principles of New Media Production

Acquiring Literacies through the Use of New Media

Literacies Associated with Digital Media

One Example: Video Games as a New Media

Studying and Using the Web

Using the Web as a “Media Lab”: Working with Media Using the Internet

Building Learner-Centered Environments through Technology Integration

Creating a Webquest

What is a Webquest?

What are the Different Parts of a Webquest?

The Webquest Design Process

A Sample Webquest using Filamentality

Final Task: Creating Your Own Webquest

Web-based Resources for Teaching Media Literacy

Using Tappedin.org and Nicenet.org

Tappedin.org

Nicenet.org

References