Building your own WebQuest (Desktop Publishing)

Today you will build your own WebQuest while you start practicing some desktop publishing skills. You don't have to get complicated to build a WebQuest. You can do it in Word (see sample below - third link), put it on the Web (there are several online tools that help you do this which we will see in future workshops), or even do it in PowerPoint! 

Today we will use Word to practice:

• How to copy, paste and activate a hyperlink in a local file (Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration, whatever...)
• How to toggle back and forth from the Web Browser window to the local document window.
• How to copy an image from the web to a local document.
• Saving the document as a template that all students can start the activity from and then save as their own.

Using the materials presented today, think of an activity related to the classroom curriculum you are teaching. Following the Format Sheet (first link below and handouts), you will quickly plan a WebQuest activity using the links provided in the resources section (you can use one, two, or all of them!). You then will start developing a document to present the WebQuest to your students. 

• What are Webquests?
• WebQuest Format Sheet (Word downloadable* and printable version)
• Sample WebQuest using Word (.doc)

Here are some examples of projects that use Real-time Data, developed by the Steven's Institute, that you could participate in or get ideas from:

• Gulf Stream Voyage
• The Stowaway Adventure

* To download any of our files, right-click on top of the link and choose Save Target As... This command will download the file to your computer, be it Word, PowerPoint, HTML, image, whatever.

A WebQuest Lesson Using Filamentality (Online)

Click on the link below to learn how to use an online tool to build your WebQuest. This is an easy way to have a published activity!

http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/formats.html