Activity 1: The Basics

1. Complete the first four sections of the WebQuest Planning Guide.
2. Consider the following questions:
   • If you have taught this subject/content before, what will the web or this WebQuest offer that you couldn't do before (or that you could do better)?
   • What kinds of thinking do you want the students to do that goes beyond simple comprehension (e.g. analysis, synthesis, creativity, evaluation, finding relationships, problem-solving, etc.)?

Activity 2: Selecting a Task

1. Read the WebQuest Taskonomy and consider the following questions:
   • Have you used similar tasks (not using the WWW) in your classroom before? If yes, which?
   • Which two types of tasks do you think your students would enjoy most? Least? Why?
   • Are there certain types more likely to appeal to males or females?
   • Are there certain tasks more likely to appeal to high, average, or low achieving students?
   • For a wider set of task designs, check out this new site: WebQuest Design Patterns.
2. Complete the WebQuest Task Design Worksheet.
3. Complete the Task section of the WebQuest Planning Guide.
4. If working with a partner, peer-review your partner's draft of the first five sections of their WebQuest using NCRTEC's Constructive Friends Feedback Form.

Activity 3: Describing the Process

1. With your partner or individually, complete the Process Analysis Activity.
2. Complete the Process section of the WebQuest Planning Guide.

Activity 4: Finding Resources (don't forget to consider non-web resources)

Note: some people like to find the web sites and know what possible resources they have available to them before deciding on the overall task or the process.

1. Optional - If you need help finding websites, consider completing the three activities/resources below:
   http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/stepzero.html
   http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
   http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/specialized.html
2. Complete the Information Sources section of the WebQuest Planning Guide.

Activity 5: Evaluation

1. Read Nancy Pickett's Rubrics for Web Lessons.
2. Use the Comparing Rubrics Worksheet and your own knowledge/opinions to compare the strengths/weaknesses of two "rubrics."
   • Scientific Report
   • Oral Presentation
   • HyperStudio Stack
   • 6 Traits Rubric
   • Research Cycle Rubric (near bottom of page)
   • Map Rubric
3. Create your own rubric
   • Print out the rubric template.
   • Fill in the template with your criteria. Be sure to include the objective or behavior (categories), range/level, and the degree to which it has been met. Write specific descriptions of expected student performance for each level.
   • Visit the web page Creating A Rubric for a Given Task.
   • Share your completed rubric with your partner. (You may want to use the Constructive Friends Feedback Form to Peer-review your rubrics.)
4. Complete the Evaluation section of the WebQuest Planning Guide. (Depending on how you created your rubric, it may or may not satisfy all of your evaluation needs.)

Activity 6: Conclusion

1. Complete the Conclusion section of the WebQuest Planning Guide.

Activity 7: Additional questions to consider individually, with a partner, or with a team:

• Which step was hardest to complete and why?
• Which step was the most time consuming and why? Will it always be?
• If you were to create a new WebQuest, would you complete the steps in the same order? Why or why not?

Activity 8: Give a complete "draft" copy of your WebQuest to your partner or find another educator to evaluate your WebQuest.