Wednesday, 3 January 2018

Internet Tools: Webquest.org

Webquests provide students with tasks that allows them to use their imagination and problem-solving skills. The answers are not predefined and therefore must be discovered or created.  Webquest.org is the pioneer of the Webquest movement.  The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995, and since that time, thousands of teachers have used Webquests to engage students in online inquiry projects.

Webquest.org (http://webquest.org/) provides unrestricted access to over 20,000 quests created by teachers from across the globe.  Using the navigation menu on the site, a visitor can discover, create, and share Webquests with minimal effort, as well as view many models of completed Webquests before crafting their own.  


Although still an extremely powerful tool and a great resource for general Webquest information, the site is vastly outdated. The once flourishing community of Webquest.org users has dwindled overtime.  The last post in their community forum was dated in 2010.   

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