WebQuest Creation and Time

This survey is intended to be completed by those who have developed at least one WebQuest. The purpose is to gather data that will help me prioritize my efforts to make it easier to create high quality WebQuests. The first step towards that end is to establish where the bottlenecks are. I have my own hunches, but I need your input to see what's really going on. This survey should take no more than ten minutes to complete.

1. First, all your answers in this survey should focus on a single, specific WebQuest you have created. Please pick one, even if you've made half a dozen. Got one?

Describe chronologically which WebQuest you'll be describing, relative to any others you've written.

I'm describing the...

First, all your answers in this survey should focus on a single, specific WebQuest you have created. Please pick one, even if you've made half a dozen. Got one? Describe chronologically which WebQuest you'll be describing, relative to any others you've written. I'm describing the... first one I ever wrote

second

third

fourth

fifth or later

2. What is the name of the WebQuest you're describing?

What is the name of the WebQuest you're describing?

3. If you know it, what's the URL?

If you know it, what's the URL?

4. Describe the circumstances under which you developed this WebQuest.

I developed it...

Describe the circumstances under which you developed this WebQuest. I developed it... on my own with minimal outside help

as part of a face-to-face college course

as part of a local inservice workshop or course

at a professional conference

in an online course

Other (please specify)

5. Describe the format you used to create your WebQuest.

Describe the format you used to create your WebQuest. A web page created from scratch

A web page based on one of the generic templates

A web page based on one of the design pattern templates

A Microsoft Word document

A Powerpoint document

An online authoring system like Filamentality

Other (please specify)

6. Describe your own teaching experience at the time that you developed this WebQuest.

How many years in the classroom did you have when you wrote it?

Describe your own teaching experience at the time that you developed this WebQuest. How many years in the classroom did you have when you wrote it? 0 (pre-service)

1 - 3 years

3 - 5 years

5 - 7 years

7 - 9 years

9 - 19 years

20 years or more

Other (please specify)

7. What grade level was the principal target of your WebQuest?

What grade level was the principal target of your WebQuest? K - 2

3 - 5

6 - 8

9 - 12

College/Adult

1. About Your WebQuest

1. First, all your answers in this survey should focus on a single, specific WebQuest you have created. Please pick one, even if you've made half a dozen. Got one? Describe chronologically which WebQuest you'll be describing, relative to any others you've written.I'm describing the...

2. What is the name of the WebQuest you're describing?

3. If you know it, what's the URL?

4. Describe the circumstances under which you developed this WebQuest.I developed it...

5. Describe the format you used to create your WebQuest.

6. Describe your own teaching experience at the time that you developed this WebQuest. How many years in the classroom did you have when you wrote it?

7. What grade level was the principal target of your WebQuest?

1. First, all your answers in this survey should focus on a single, specific WebQuest you have created. Please pick one, even if you've made half a dozen. Got one?

Describe chronologically which WebQuest you'll be describing, relative to any others you've written.

I'm describing the...

4. Describe the circumstances under which you developed this WebQuest.

I developed it...

6. Describe your own teaching experience at the time that you developed this WebQuest.

How many years in the classroom did you have when you wrote it?