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Expand Your Power: Information Literacy Workshop

Pathfinders and Webquests

Scire ubi aliquid invenire possis, ea demum maxima pars eruditionis est
(To know where you can find anything, that in short is the largest part of learning). -- Anonymous.


AskERIC InfoGuides
http://askeric.org/Old_Askeric/InfoGuides/

The purpose of AskERIC InfoGuides is to point educators and others to Internet, ERIC, and traditional print resources dealing with specific educational topics.

Baltimore County Public Schools
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/index.html

The office of Library Information Services’ Online Procedures Manual is a portal to resources that support library media specialists in their roles as teacher, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator. It provides excellent links to professional information, to the state’s network and subscription databases, to research models and to resources for teachers, parents, and students. In addition, there are Webquests on various levels, I-searches, and much more of value.

Internet Public Library - Pathfinders
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/scmedia.html

This pathfinder is intended for school librarians, to help them find material on the Web specific to the professional practice of K-12 school librarianship. It provides a starting point for locating Internet and print resources on school media organizations, professional networking, using and teaching the Internet, developing school library Web sites, and current practices.

Lowell Elementary - Bellingham, WA
http://wwwlow.bham.wednet.edu

Bellingham School District (WA) has been a leader in the integration of technology.

Montgomery County Public Schools (MD)
Elementary
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/elit/el.htm
Middle School
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/elit/mid.htm
High School
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/elit/hs.htm

Elementary, Middle School, and High School Lessons and Pathfinders - These Pathfinders and WebQuests are truly inspirational.

Schools of California: Online Resources for Education
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards.

Spartansburg School District 3 - Webquests
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html

The following templates highlight the framework from Guided Tour through WebQuests. Examples of teacher-developed activities show practical application of the Web Based Learning Model. All activities, essential questions and conceptual frameworks were created using Inspiration® Software by Inspiration®, Inc.

T-Spider.Net
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/%7Edlyoung/menu4.html

The purpose of this web site is to help teams build Internet activities for use in the classroom. Eventually, T-Spider.Net will assist teams with the construction of six different types of Internet activities originally created by Dr. Bernie Dodge and Tom March.

University of Virginia - Our Web Quests
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/webquests/directory_of_webquests.html

Welcome to a directory of web quests that have been created by graduate students in EDIS 771: Reading In Content Areas at the University of Virginia. Categories include elementary, middle and high school level projects along with subject areas such as Professional, English, Social Studies, Math, Language Arts and Electives.

Using a WebQuest in Your Classroom
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/using_quest.htm

The site provides an overview of the WebQuest concept, procedure, and evaluation.

The WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/index.html
WebQuest - Matrix of Examples
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html

From San Diego State University, this site has examples, templates, taxonomy of the webquest, and a training manual.

Wenatchee Library (WA) (PowerPoint Presentation)
http://home.wsd.wednet.edu/pathfinders/template_pathfinder.htm

Basic template used by library media specialists in Wenatchee and presented at WLMA and NCCE Conferences 2000 and WLMA 2001.




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John L. Emerick, Director
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

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Last updated: 20 February 2003