QuestGarden by Bernie Dodge

WebQuest creator, Bernie Dodge, has built QuestGarden for simple publishing. Here's his description from his blog:

QuestGarden is an online authoring tool, community and hosting service that is designed to make it easier and quicker to create a high quality WebQuest. No knowledge of web editing or uploading is required. Prompts, guides and examples are provided for each step of the process. Images, worksheets and other documents can easily be attached or embedded in the WebQuest, and users have complete control over the appearance of the final lesson.

QuestGarden is modeled after a community garden with all the resources needed to bring great WebQuests to life. Users are encouraged to comment on each others' work, to share links and images, and to build new WebQuests on existing ones. Rather than starting from scratch, users can bring a WebQuest written by another member of the community into their workspace, modify the content or appearance to suit their needs, and use it with their own students. Attribution to the first author is maintained, and authors are notified when another member of the community makes an improved or modified version of their work.

Powerpoint slides and a webcast about QuestGarden can be seen from the blog post.

I noticed that users can try QuestGarden for free until September 2006, and after that it will cost about $20/year for a subscription.

Give Blogging a Try

One of the quickest ways to learn new technology is to jump in and try it. Some of you may already have experience with weblogs, but others might not. Each participant should read from the questions below and chose one to respond to. Please copy and paste your question into your comment. The prompts should get you thinking about something you feel qualified to "blog" about, and provide an introduction to other classmates.

1. Read any good books lately? Tell us about one.
2. Go to (or look out) a window. Describe what you see, and why we should care.
3. What headline in today's paper got your interest? Why? What paper is it?
4. What's the most interesting thing you found on the Internet lately? Link to it in your posting and share why you like it.
5. What's your favorite sports team? Why?
6. Describe the best teacher workshop you've ever taken.

Hoax Detectives

We're on the hunt for Internet hoaxes, and here is what we found.

Website Investigation

Which Apollo website is authentic? Describe the clues you found that lead to your conclusion.

Welcome

This weblog was created on 6/27/06 for the IPFW Summer II Workshop called, WebQuest Connections for the K-12 Classroom Teacher. The author is Sandy Schaufelberger.