WebQuest

This week in class we learned about WebQuests. We looked at five different WebQuests to decide which one was the best based on efficiency, group work, higher order thinking, and the quality of the websites' technology aspects, e.g., the background color, the font color, layout, and working links.

This task was very helpful. I learned what to look for when searching for good quality WebQuests for students. This is very important because there are many WebQuests that are poorly made and a waste of time. And being able to pick out the good ones is a much quicker task than creating one from scratch.

Also from this task I have gained a great resource. WebQuest.org contains thousands of searchable WebQuests that I can choose from.

WebQuests can be a great tool used in the classroom. I will just be very picky about the ones I assign my students because from the few I have looked at this week, many contain spelling errors. And a lot of WebQuests don't teach students enough for the amount of work they have to put into it. But if I am to find one or even make one that I think is worth my students' time, then I will definitely work it into the schedule because I love the fact that it is inquiry based. It draws the students' interest and gets them questioning, and this is exactly what we want them to be doing in subjects like science. Students will be more motivated to learn if they are interested in the topic.