| The WebQuests
The purpose of this project was to end up with a clearinghouse
of middle level social studies WebQuests aligned to state
standards. You can review the entire list
of completed WebQuests or search for specific WebQuests
using our "WebQuest
Locator."
About the project
Welcome to the WebQuest Clearinghouse created by, and for,
middle level social studies teachers. The concept for this
site started rather simply with the premise that teachers
given the right tools, training and opportunities can do incredible
things. We think you'll agree with this premise after reviewing
the social studies WebQuests featured here.
A total of 36 teachers from schools served by Educational
Service Units (ESU) 7, 16 and 18 participated in this grant
project funded by Technology Literacy Challenge Funds. The
complete proposal
is available here in pdf format. Each teacher agreed to
create two WebQuests aligned to Nebraska
social studies/history standards after receiving training
on the concepts and development of WebQuests. Additionally,
participants were paired with a partner from another ESU for
the purposes of support throughout the project and peer review.
Each participant received a new laptop computer at the beginning
of the project. An agreement was made to pay a stipend of
$300 to each participant once their two WebQuests were finished
and passed peer review based upon rubric
developed by Bernie Dodge.
At an initial orientation meeting equipment was distributed
and project contracts were signed. A list
of topics correlated to state standards was made available
and after an on-line "draft" each participant had
two topics and was prepared to begin training.
The following is a time line for the training, development
and peer review:
- January 25, 2002: WebQuest
training begins (on-line)
- March 1, 2002: WebQuest training ends
- March 4, 2002: Transition Unit from WebQuest to Manila
- March 19, 2002: Web page development (Manila) training
begins
- March 19-24, 2002: Complete Manila training Exercises
1-4
- March 25-31, 2002: Complete Manila training Exercises
5-9
- April 1, 2002: First revision of WebQuest 1 due
- April 1 - 15: Peer review of WebQuest 1
- April 15: Submission of WebQuest 1 (final candidate)
- April 22: WebQuest 1 complete
- May 6: First revision of WebQuest 2 due
- May 6-20: Peer review of WebQuest 2
- May 13: Submission of WebQuest 2 (final candidate)
- May 1-27: Conduct building presentations to share your
WebQuest(s) with colleagues
Questions?
If you have general questions about this project feel free to
contact Kirk Langer <klanger@lps.org>.
Each WebQuest has complete contact information about the author
and they would love to get your feedback. If you are interested
in continuing this project by working on WebQuests that would
enhance it we're open to additional collaboration. |
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Important Links
The WebQuest
list served as the virtual meeting center for those
that participated in this grant. All messages sent to the
list have been archived and anyone can review the proceedings
on the list by following the link and choosing to view the
messages without joining.
The WebQuest
Resource Center served as the hub of activity and
news for those that participated in the project. Follow the
link to see how things came together. The page represents
a slice of time nearly one year ago as the work of the grant
was coming to an end.
If you are curious about who participated in this project
check out the list
of participants where all but a few naughty coordinators
submitted a bio.
If you would like to use the on-line
rubric to evaluate a WebQuest for a project you are
working on feel free to do so. Simply fill in the appropriate
information, including email addresses, and your evaluation
will be sent to the specified author via email.
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