This document provides tips for creating a webquest using the Quest Garden website. It outlines the key sections to include such as a title, description, standards addressed, intended learners, the final task, and the process for completing the task. The process section should directly address students, incorporate relevant online resources, and provide scaffolding through techniques like assigning roles, checklists, and guiding questions.

1. Tips for Creating a Webquest Using Quest Garden www.questgarden.com

2. Author This information that appears here was taken from the input you supplied when you opened a Quest Garden account. You can only change it by opening a different account.

3. Topic The information you enter about your topic does not appear on any page in the webquest. It is only to help you get started thinking.

4. Title & Description This information will appear on the home page of your quest. It should be a very brief description of what level student the quest is designed for and what it consists of. The audience for this information is other teachers who may want to use or modify your quest.

5. Standards 1 The information will appear when a participant clicks on Teacher page and then chooses Standards . Choose only the one or two standards that your quest is designed to meet. Write out the wording of the standard.

6. Standards 2 New York State Learning Standards for 28 Subjects http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/pub/standards.pdf New York State Language Arts Standards with Key Ideas http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/ela/pub/elalearn.pdf TESOL PreK-12 Standards http://snipurl.com/TESOLpreK12standards Langages Other than English (Foreign Language) Standards http:// snipurl.com/NYSforeignLangSt

7. Learners The information you enter will appear on Teacher page under Learners . The description should be a very brief description of what level (grade or age) the quest is designed for. Describe any special needs of learners the quests is designed for such as language proficiency level or other conditions.

8. Task This section simply specifies the final product such as a written report, oral report, Power Point presentation, skit, etc. The task description should be about one paragraph in length. It should be written in the second person and in language accessible to your targeted learners.

9. Process Address the students directly. Use Del.icio.us to keep track of links as you develop this section. Intersperse relevant online resources within the steps in the process. Assigning different roles is a good technique. Provide scaffolding by using checklists or guiding questions.