Once Upon A Time...
Enhancing Literacy and Reading With WebQuests
Presented by: Mary B. Reid
discover new ways to motivate students in the classroom
become familiar with the basic components of a
WebQuest (Web-Based Instruction)
create a simple web page with a web authoring tool and
turn a familiar lesson plan into a WebQuest
How do we motivate students to read?
The Children’s Literature Web Guide
Using technology in the classroom
The Internet as a delivery system
Fairy Tales Internet Project
Basic Computer Skills
Basic Internet Skills
Choosing Your Subject Matter
What is your purpose?
What is it you want your students to know?
Using what you already have
Rome Inquiry Unit
The Egypt Game
What is a WebQuest?
Components of a WebQuest
How to Create Simple Web Pages
Web Page Authoring Tools
Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Claris Home Page (for Macintosh)
Finding Internet Resources
Search Engines and Subject Directories
Meta Search Engines:
Search Engines and Subject Directories
View Other Web-Based Activities
S.C.O.R.E. – Literature CyberGuides
Middle Ages Inquiry Unit
Renaissance Fact Book
Questions and Comments
Complete the course evaluation questions that follow and e-mail your responses to the instructor at:
WebQuest Course Evaluation #1
Go online and find at least one web site that would be motivating/interesting to the students that you teach.
It should be age and subject appropriate.
List the URL and then explain the following:
What makes it interesting for the students?
Is it easy for them to navigate through the site?
Does the site have educational value?
Are your students going to learn something while they are being entertained?
WebQuest Course Evaluation #2
List and explain 3 ways that you could, and are willing to, use the Internet in your classroom.
WebQuest Course Evaluation #3
What prerequisite learning is required in order to successfully integrate the Internet into the classroom?
What can you do and where can you go to get more information to improve your skills?
WebQuest Course Evaluation #4
Why is it important to develop instructional objectives before creating a WebQuest?
Go online, find a WebQuest appropriate for your classroom, and list 2-3 of its instructional objectives.
WebQuest Course Evaluation #5
Find 2-3 examples of lesson plans or units of instruction that have been turned into WebQuests.
List the URL’s of ones that you could use in your classroom.
What makes them more motivating then just a regular lesson plan?
WebQuest Course Evaluation #6
List the main components of a WebQuest.
Who is a WebQuest written for?
What are the main differences between a WebQuest and a traditional lesson plan?
WebQuest Course Evaluation #7
Explore at least 3 of the search engines listed, conduct a search for WebQuest, and compare your results.
Which site gave you the best results?
Which one was quickest?
Which one was the easiest to use?
Which one would you recommend that students should use?
WebQuest Course Evaluation #8
Think of your favorite lesson plan to teach.
What is it about the lesson that makes it so good?
Go online and find Internet resources to go along with your favorite lesson plan.
Restructure the lesson to match the guidelines and components of a WebQuest.
Using Microsoft Word or a web authoring tool such as FrontPage 2000, Netscape Communicator, or Claris Home Page, rewrite your lesson and save as a web document.
Add clip art or graphics from the web appropriate for your subject matter (careful of copyright guidelines!)
Open an account (FREE!!!) at homepage.com or another place online, and upload your WebQuest.
My Home Page - http://mbreid.tripod.com
Building Blocks of a Web Quest - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/BuildingBlocks.html
Learn the Net - http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
Fast Search - http://www.alltheweb.com/
Language Arts CyberGuides - http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html
Children’s Literature Web Guide - http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Curriculum Ideas - http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html