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 will soon be able to 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.
QuestGarden takes a little time to become familiar with, and we don't expect you to subscribe right away to something unknown. You can register for a free 30-day trial and get most of the benefits of QuestGarden at no cost to you. This makes it possible for teacher education programs or workshop leaders to introduce you to the site without adding a financial commitment
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