Hi,

I can suggest several resources for someone new to WebQuests.

Models - Bernie Dodge created an excellent source for models at
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm This page offers a
quick overview of the different types of tasks a WQ designer might use.
There are also links to simple templates.

Broad advice - Tom March wrote a very good article about the WQ design
process. http://www.ozline.com/webquests/design.html

Online workshop - I needed a way provide help for people designing WQs
but without a formal training session. I created a website that walks
them through the process. Perhaps it will help your friend. A lot of
people have done excellent work on WQs - most notably Bernie Dodge, Tom
March, and the folks in San Diego. What I tried to do was collect and
organize some of those resources to make a coherent presentation for
the WQ newbie. Take a look at www.msfiedler.com/wq/ I hope it will
help.

Templates -
* http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/upgrades/index.htm
has a variety of templates. This option probably offers the most
control over the look and feel, but might not be the easiest to use.

* http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/anatomy.htm
describes each file in the above template.

* http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html is free,
easy-to-use, and has a WQ template. The file is hosted on
Filamentality's server. The drawback is that there is absolutely no
flexibility in the look. All pages generated with this tool look alike.

* http://www.teacherweb.com/ offers free WQs to educators. Web page
hosting is provided. The WQs look like this example:
http://teacherweb.com/AK/Appleton/WebQuest/

I would *hope* your friend's interviewer is most concerned about
content and less about her web publishing skills. If that's the case,
my hunch is TeacherWeb would be the easiest to use and allow her to
focus on content. If she has pretty decent web publishing skills
already, and can readily find a place to post her site (the biggest
challenge for a novice, in my opinion) she could use one of the
templates at projects.edtech.sandi.net or at Bernie Dodge's page.

I wish your friend the best of luck!
Becky



On Aug 19, 2004, at 8:49 AM, peacenow2004x wrote:

> A friend of mine went for an elementary teaching job interview
> yesterday and has to come back tomorrow with a a webquest she designed
> for a 3rd grade class as part of a follow-up meeting. She doesn't
> have experience with webquests, neither do I. I just joined this group
> because I do know about yahoogroups' mailrings and how supportive they
> can be- I just did a queick search for a Yahoogroup on webquests. I
> told her I'd try posting a message for her because she's busy trying
> to explore websites. She doesn't want to cheat by copying one that
> already exists, but wonders if anyone has a model she can follow or
> some good sites she can include in hers (she's been trying to decide
> between measurement or the skeletal system, but if something is easier
> to deal with, I know she'd be willing to switch. Another question she
> has is what template is the most user-friendly?
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> Thanks in advance for any help you can give her- she's worked at my
> school as a 6th grade teacher and had to leave when our school
> switched to being a K-5th. She had thought she could move down to
> 5th, but at the last minute was bumped out of that spot by another
> teacher who decided to end her maternity leave early.
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