"An Introduction to WebQuests"

A workshop presented by David Smith (david.smith@e4b.de)

Given at ELTA-Rhine
Saturday 5 April 2003


Click here for my WebQuest presentation as:
  • a PowerPoint file
  • a web page

    • Example WebQuests


    Here are some EFL/ESL WebQuests:

    Business trip WebQuest Written by me for my secretarial students.
    The same WebQuest adapted by Cornelsen.

    Car industry WebQuest Written by me for my students at the headlamp company Hella.

    A Financial Services Crisis Management WebQuest Written by Corinne Wilhelm (clever2gether@web.de)

    An IT Career Presentation WebQuest Written by Corinne Wilhelm


    Advertising WebQuest Created for ESL students in the USA.

    Creative Problem Solving WebQuest Created for ESL students in the USA (by my friend Faridah :-).

    Opportunities in Covert Organisations An EFL WebQuest by Philip Benz, designed for teenage students.

    Ellis Island WebQuest An EFL WebQuest by Philip Benz et al, designed for teenage students.


    Here are some WebQuests not specifically designed for language learning, but usable for language learning:

    Urban Sprawl WebQuest Designed for older high school students.

    Euthanasisa WebQuest Created for high school students.

    Arab/Israeli conflict WebQuest Designed for older high school students.


    Scavenger Hunts

    (Scavenger Hunts are similar to WebQuests, but generally don't require the learners to transform the information they gather. They're more like conventional comprehension questions.)

    Internet Treasure Hunts/Scavenger Hunts for ESL Students

    Cornelsen Web-Unit: A trip to London Written by me :-)

    onestopenglish.com "WebQuests" from the publisher Macmillan.


    Resources

    Bernie Dodge's WebQuest page The definitive WebQuest page.

    Ozline.com Excellent website featuring many articles about WebQuests.

    TalenQuest site Dutch site introducing "TalenQuests", namely WebQuests designed specifically for learning languages. Unfortunately a lot of it is in Dutch!

    "WebTeach-TICE et Pédagogie" Information about WebQuests for the second language classroom by EFL teacher Philip Benz.

    http://rkenner.concordia.ca/Teslpapers/N_Coquard/index555.html WebQuests and Second Language Learning - an article by Nancy Coquard

    http://www.ecml.at/projects/voll/graz_2002/pthinking/marianewebquest/menu_webquest.htm Article about LanguageQuests (TalenQuests).

    http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html Templates for creating your own WebQuests.

    http://webquest.sdsu.edu/community.html Join the WebQuest email discussion list, share your WQ with other people, or take part in an online discussion about WQs.

    http://www.ozline.com/webquests/rubric.html A rubric for assessing WebQuests.

    http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html Constructivism resources.




    Please send comments/feedback to me at david.smith@e4b.de!