Put the Title of Your WebQuest Here
Developed by (put your name and email link) for the xth grade

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Introduction|Task|Process and Resources|Evaluation|Conclusion|Credits

Introduction

• Write an introduction to your WebQuest that will give students some background about your topic. Arouse their interest by a unique angle and by connecting with them personally. What is their scenario? What are the roles to be played? What is the big question you will address?

"Do you find encyclopedias boring? Would you like a chance to create an interesting encyclopedia? Well, you have just accepted a job as one of the editors of a new encyclopedia that will highlight the greatest women in history...."

• Include some general information, a picture, and/or audio files. Use INSERT/PICTURE to bring in an image. You can wrap text around your picture by right-clicking on it and choosing PICTURE PROPERTIES and WRAPPING STYLE (left or right). You can add a border by entering the size (1 or 2, generally) at BORDER THICKNESS. To whack a picture from the Internet, hover over it and right-click SAVE AS and put the image in your folder. Choose jpegs or gifs. When you save your webpage, click OK when asked if you want to embed the image. You can search for images using google.com and clicking on IMAGES.

To bring in a sound file, use INSERT/INTERACTIVE BUTTON. You can adjust the shape, color, size, and text using the INTERACTIVE BUTTON commands. When you save your webpage, click OK to embed the button. NOTE: Your sound file must be in your folder, or it will not play.

To whack a sound file, hover over it and right-click SAVE TARGET AS and put in your folder. You can search for sound files using altavista.com and clicking on MP3/AUDIO.

Task

• What is the specific task that the students must undertake? The task could be one of the following:
problem or mystery to be solved; position to be formulated and defended; product to be designed; complexity to be analyzed; personal insight to be articulated; summary to be created; persuasive message or journalistic account to be crafted; a creative work, or anything that requires the learners to process and transform the information they've gathered.
• If the final product involves using some tool (e.g., PowerPoint, Excel), mention it here. However, don't list the steps here for completing the task. This section is just a description of it.
• Describe the roles students may choose.

"Each of you will research potential candidates for recognition in your field of specialty--the arts, medicine, politics, science, or sports--and select the women who are most deserving of inclusion in the Encyclopedia of Notable Women" For your group's specialty, you will prepare an article on your favorite candidate (and how will you know whom to pick?). Then each group will select one woman (and how will you come to agreement here?) and create a class presentation using PowerPoint...."

Process and Resources

• First, give clear directions and necessary resources for the team as a whole.
• Next, give clear directions and necessary resources for the various roles (at least 3).
• Learners will access the online resources that you've identified as they go through the Process. You may have a set of links that everyone looks at as a way of developing background information.
• Include helps for how to organize the information gathered. For example, provide flowcharts, summary tables, concept maps, or other organizing structures and/or a checklist of questions needed to analyze the information.
See some of these webquests as examples for specific process and resources:

Tailing the Samurai's Tale
Excellent Explorers
Art Through the Ages
For Love of the Game

Evaluation

• Provide students with a clear understanding of the grading criteria that will be used to evaluate their efforts.
• Provide links to online rubrics or create your own.
• Have students complete a self-evaluation, and have them compare it with your evaluation of them.
• Examples: Individual Rubric, Collaborative Grade

Conclusion

• Describe the end result of the learners' activities.
"You have now learned how to evaluate excellence, how to reach consensus, and how to create and share a presentation that is informative and entertaining...."

• Pose ways for them to engage in further analysis.

o What new questions did the issue(s) generate? Why would these new questions be important in answering the original question(s)?
o Were you flexible enough to compromise with the group and attain resolution, or did you yield to group pressures?
o How might you get real-world feedback on your product?
 

Credits

• List the sources for any images, music or text that you used for the webquest. Provide links to the original source. Say thanks to anyone who provided resources or help.
• List any books and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.
Examples for this template were taken from EducationWorld.com, "Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier than You Think."