Nellies English Projects is an educational website for students and teachers whose aim is to motivate students for lifelong learning. It provides resources for teachers on how to integrate technology into the classroom by means of project based and experiential learning using WebQuests. The site provides many educational resources, articles,lesson plans, evaluation rubrics, reading practice and collaborative writing ideas.

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WebQuests by Dr. Nellie Deutsch

Find out how you can engage your students in experiential (hands on) learning activities that promote social learning skills via teamwork, higher order critical thinking via inquiry and problem-based learning, and technology through the use of the Internet. Motivate your students to become lifelong learners by using or creating WebQuests.  Learn how to use and create WebQuests in a few easy steps at Integrating Technology, a non-profit international organization that provides free professional development  workshops for teachers on how to integrate technology into the curriculum. The organization uses Moodle course management system for all its free online workshops.

Professor Bernie Dodge, the father of Webquests, defines them as "inquiry-oriented activities in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet".
 

The WebQuest is divided into 7 sections. I provided examples from The Perfect Society.

Students generally work in teams. Each student has a role, or a specific area to research. WebQuests often assign students to play real-life situations of professional researchers or historical figures.

Learn how to create and use WebQuests:

Today's students need constant challenges in order to focus. WebQuests are problem-based learning activities that engage students in learning. Engage your students in experiential (hands on) learning activities that promote social skills via teamwork, higher order critical thinking skills via inquiry and problem-based learning, and technological skills via the Internet and Microsoft applications. Motivate your students to become lifelong learners by using WebQuests. In this course you will learn how to use and create WebQuests in your classes. In addition, you will learn how to facilitate online classes.

 

You can build your own WebQuests to suit your subject matter and target population. WebQuests are fun and easy to create. Professor Bernie Dodge has provided design patterns to guide you through the process. I encourage you to try. I will be more than happy to critique and publish your WebQuests online if they fit the criteria set by Bernie Dodge.

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