Quest Garden: Authoring Tools for Educators
Archdiocesan Technology Coordinators
January 17, 2006

Bill Bierden
Cara Hagen
Materials Available:
http://web.augsburg.edu/~bierden/questgarden/ (doesn’t reflect new QuestGarden server)
http://www.edtechconnection.net/arch-tech-2007-presentation  (Cara's Web Site/Blog)

QuestGarden’s Development
    •    NECC 2005 PowerPoint by Bernie Dodge: Overcoming Obstacles to Quicker WebQuest Creation   
    •    NECC 2006 PowerPoint by Bernie Dodge: One Year of QuestGardening:  A Crop Report
    •    QuestGarden 

CSED 7762, Summer 07, at Hamline University:  Examples of WebQuests Developed with QuestGarden
    •    Dan Paulson –
        o    Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, and Westward Expansion
    •    Robbie Boraas –
        o    Uncovering Inventions
    •    Kathy Ames –
        o    PondQuest
    •    Sherron Gaughan – The Super Power of Empathy, Missions 1, 2, & 3
        o    Mission 1
        o    Mission 2
        o    Mission 3
    •    Carl Anderson –
        o    Nonwestern Art – A Peer Teaching WebQuest
        o    Artistic Inspirations
        o    Health Issues Related to Improper Keyboarding

 Other QuestGarden Resources
    •    QuestGarden
        o    Bernie Dodge’s online WebQuest development tool
    •    One-Trick Pony
        o    Bernie Dodge’s blog about life and WebQuests
    •    WebQuest Portal
        o    WebQuest resources, information, and a blog list going back to June, 2003.
    •    QuestGarden Podcast
        o    Bernie Dodge talks users through the use of his online tool.
    •    The K-12 WebQuest Blog
        o    A resource identifying excellent WebQuests by InternetEdHelp, LLC.

WebQuest Resources
    •    WebQuest Portal
        o    WebQuest resources, information, and a blog list going back to June, 2003.
    •    BestWebQuests
        o    Tom March’s resources about WebQuests
        o    His reviews of WebQuests that meet is expectations
        o    An opportunity to submit your WebQuest to Tom March for inclusion or review.
    •    WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
        o    WebQuest information at SDSU where Bernie Dodge is a professor
    •    Concept to Classroom WebQuest Workshop
        o    Channel Thirteen’s online workshop on WebQuests
    •    Using a WebQuest in Your Classroom
        o    Internet 4 Classrooms resource page on teaching with WebQuests – excellent links!