WebQuest Resource Page

K-12 WebQuests for native speakers
definition, critical attributes, reading/training materials, examples, design steps, rubrics, templates, references 

WebQuests--from the originators

• The WebQuest Page (by WQ originator Bernie Dodge): http://webquest.org/index.php; search for WebQuests - http://webquest.org/search/index.php; create WebQuests: http://webquest.org/index-create.php; WebQuest Resources: http://webquest.org/index-resources.php (including concepts and definitions; implementation reports, WebQuest development, workshops, articles/papers); Research about WebQuests: http://webquest.org/index-research.php 
• Tom March's Best WebQuests: http://www.bestwebquests.com/; see the WebQuests for different grade levels through the WayBackMachine: https://web.archive.org/web/20050616010026/https://www.bestwebquests.com/default.asp
• The WebQuest Design Process (as used and developed by Tom March, WebQuest originator) -- https://tommarch.com/webquests/help/design2.html; 2004, by Bernie Dodge (WebQuest originator): http://webquest.org/sdsu/designsteps/index.html; includes reading materials and step-by-step instructions
• The WebQuest Taskonomy <http://webquest.org/sdsu/taskonomy.html>  -- a taxonomy of tasks with excellent examples (retelling tasks, compilation tasks, mystery tasks, journalistic tasks, design tasks, creative product tasks, consensus-building tasks, persuasion tasks, self-knowledge tasks, analytical tasks, judgment tasks, scientific tasks)

• Wnet School's WebQuest workshop, including a detailed description of the WebQuest for novices (also includes theory of constructivism)

• WebQuest templates for Teachers and Students: The original one-page template (1999); Classic framed templates from SDSU (2000); Templates by Dan Schellenberg from the University of Regina (more modern, using css and xhtml)

• Rubrics for evaluating WebQuests and a rubric template to create your own: http://webquest.org/sdsu/rubrics/weblessons.htm

• Five Rules for Writing Great WebQuests. From Learning & Leading with Technology, May, 2001

      additional resources for creating WebQuests

• WebQuest Process Checklist <http://webquest.org/sdsu/processchecker.html> -- excellent for the process component of a WQ during the creating stage

WebQuests for native speakers:

• Tour the USA--a WebQuest for grades 4-9, by Linda Starr: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/webquest_orig/webquest_orig004.shtml

ESL Web Quests

ESL/EFL WebQuests (available as of 10/21/2020):

• The Copacabana Restaurant: A Foodquest for Intermediate and Advanced Students of EFL (by Barbara Dieu) -- <http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/foodquest/t-index.html> 

WebQuests developed for the CALL Online course by graduate students at Saint Michael's College

• MovieQuest: A WebQuest for English Intermediate Students, by Stefanos Flourakis, Christina Daktylidi, and Akane Hosoda: Entrance; Students' Page; Teacher's Page
• Vermont?  Here we come - A WebQuest for Students Attending the Intensive English Program at Saint Michael's College in Vermont, by David Parker, Jennifer Ball, and Vasiliki Andreou: http://academics.smcvt.edu/dparker2/dparker2/default.htm/
• Women's Health - A WebQuest about Women's Health for Students in the Health Profession, by Amina Nihlawi:  http://academics.smcvt.edu/anihlawi/WQ/default.htm
• Concepts of Culture: A WebQuest for Fourth Grade Social Studies, by Aimee Perrino, Rebecca Baker, Elizabeth (Beth Ann) Cope: http://academics.smcvt.edu/aperrino/
• Traveling to English Speaking Countries--A WebQuest for Pre-Advanced EFL Students, by Heather Odell /Andri Robert Wally:  http://academics.smcvt.edu/awally/
• Discovering Vermont: A WebQuest for Intermediate EFL/ESL Students at Saint Michael's College, by Amanda Gustafson / Hussein Al-Ashwal:  http://academics.smcvt.edu/halashwal/
• The New Net Traveler Web Quest: Internet Chat—A WebQuest for intermediate-advanced EFL students, grades 11-12, by Masahiko Okamura / Kseniya Ursu / Christine Howley:  http://academics.smcvt.edu/mokamura/mokamura/default.htm
• Vermont Housing for International Students--A WebQuest for Intermediate Level International Students at the college level, by Rattiya (Jane) Panichkul and Hung-che (Ben) Chen: http://academics.smcvt.edu/hchen/hchen/Default.htm/
• The Cinco de mayo in the United States--A WebQuest for 6th Grade Spanish Classes, by Jessica Noyes: http://academics.smcvt.edu/jnoyes
• Fact or Fiction: Learning to Evaluate Websites--A WebQuest for 9th Grade, by Nicole Chalmers & Jeff Wallis:
  http://academics.smcvt.edu/jwallis/jwallis/fact/Default.htm
• American College Tour, by Koko Hirano / Yasuko Unno:
  http://academics.smcvt.edu/khirano/khirano/default.htm
• Getting Hitched: Exploring Wedding Customs in other Cultures: A WebQuest for upper intermediate high school ESL students, by Chris Dussault / Emmanuel Batungwanayo:
  http://cdussaultrun.tripod.com/
• Choosing a Pet: A WebQuest for upper intermediate high school students
, by Julie Ludvigsen / Anne Orellana:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/aorellana/choosing_a_pet.htm
• A Virtual Scavenger Hunt: A WebQuest for 7th Grade Social Studies/Language Arts (on Indigenous Peoples of all continents), by Jennifer Sicard: http://jenifersicard.tripod.com/
• Let's Read Japanese Fairy Tales: A WebQuest for intermediate ESL learners (grades 3-4), by Hiroko Kunimatsu / Stacy Wells: http://onene24.tripod.com/
• Work & Travel: A WebQuest for Advanced EFL Students, by Jason Barnaby:
  http://jasonbarnaby.tripod.com/

Christine's Instructions for Creating a WebQuest based on Bernie Dodge's instructions for WebQuests <http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/gsl520_online/WQ/WQ_FP_Steps.htm>