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This site is one teachers approach to tried and tested strategies for interactive learning

Here is a guide to creating and using WebQuests. This takes you through each step to help you be successful with the WebQuest.

This is another site I found really helpful on how and why we have WebQuest. There is a 90 minute tutorial that I find very useful.

Engaging students in experiential (hands on) learning activities that will promote social skills with teamwork, critical thinking skills, problem-based learning, and technological skills is a great resource for students. There is also a video that you will be able to view on this website

A website that offeres a overview of what exactly Cooperative Learning is. Also includes the elements and some examples for teachers to run through with their students.

The website gives a good description of cooperative learning, gives reasons to why you should use it in your classroom, and gives a nice list of different activities that could be done with this strategy. 

This is a great article! It explains several different types of cooperative learning

Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement.

This site explains in detail about cooperative learning.

Introduction Cooperative Learning! A fascinating concept. Humans are social beings. Transescents are VerySeemingly, then, cooperative learning would be an excellent fit for the middle level classroom. What better place than in the middle level classroom for young people to begin learning to cooperate. Yet, it carries so much controversy.