WebQuest

WebQuest

Please see the above link to visit my webquest website.

A webquest is an activity that is done online. Sometimes teachers may use sources that are in other places such as books or magazines, but for the most part, a webquest is done using online material. Teachers supply students with various links to websites that will help them understand the material. Teachers also create some kind of project that relates to the webquest to get children to think on a deeper level. Since the web is so full of information and links, it can be very confusing for young students. When a teacher supplies the links for them, it helps students learn how to locate information that is useful and factual.

This project was spectacular! It took me quite a bit of time to put my webquest together but it was well worth it. Along the way, I got to learn things about Africa that I did not know and I got to watch videos that related to various cultures within Africa. I think that students would really enjoy doing webquests several times a year. It would get them working with a computer and working together to learn something new. I cannot wait to use webquests in my classroom!

I will use webquests as often as I can without using them so often that they become boring to my students. I want them to learn how to find information that means something so I think I would do a webquest two or three times a school year. I will use them for different subjects as well, and not just for geography. While I know I will use plenty of technology in the classroom, I really want to avoid my students getting too bored with webquests which is why I will try to have a few of them, but not too many.