Hotlists, Web Quests, Treasure Hunts, Authoring without HTML

Hotlists

• Franklin Institute - this Philadelphia museum has compiled a wonderful selection of hotlists for your content area
• Black History - this site is a good source of links for use throughout the year and during Black History Month
• Blue Web'N - this site has the most comprehensive hotlists on the Internet
• Planet Earth - this hotlist is related to weather and climate

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Web Quests

• iWebquest - this site features several web quests including Explorations, OceanQuest, Ancient Egypt Quest, A Pollution Adventure and Medieval Storytelling
• Web Quests - Bernie Dodge developed the concept of the web quest and his Home Page is a tutorial on web quests and includes links to excellent web quests
• Introduction to Web Quests - provides information on getting started creating your own web quests
• Web Quests from the University of Virginia – these are organized by grade level and include the subject areas of language arts, social studies, science and math
• Literary Web Quests – this collection is organized around literary themes and novels
• Web Quest Links
• Web Quest Home Page  
• Web Quests from the University of Virginia - these are organized by grade level and language arts, social studies, science and math 
• Literary Webquests - this collection is organized around literary themes and novels 
• Career Skills Webquests
• Ozline Magazine - this site is a treasure trove of information on web quests 

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Treasure Hunts

• Treasure Hunts - this site offers a variety of treasure hunts for every subject area
• Museum Mania - treasure hunts for Social Studies
• Cyberbee - treasure hunts on elections, science, language arts, math and social studies

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Authoring without HTML: You can use these sites to create your own web pages and assignments without learning HTML or a web-authoring program

• Filamentality - this site from Pacific Bell helps you design your web quest and then provides server space to post it. Very easy to use
• My School Online - this site is sponsored by the Learning Network 
• SchoolNotes - you can create very simple web pages here 
• Web Quest Generator - this site is a step-by-step guide for creating your won web quest.
• BlackBoard.com - create online units or courses here 
• PuzzleMaker - at this site sponsored by Discovery School, you can create customized word searches, crossword puzzles, math puzzles and mazes 
• The Quiz Lab – this is another site where you can create online quizzes for your students; this site even grades the quizzes
• Ed Tech Tools – this site can be used to create online quizzes

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