This article was all about webquests and how to set one up in your classroom. It gave some really good resrouces and if one were to find it online I would go ahead and bookmark the snot out of that website because I'm sure that you would come back to it at some point.
I've always thought that webquests for for younger children and had a vision of some cloze type activity accompanying the task and children would just peruse the internet and look for the words that fill in the blanks on each site. I have never used a webquest in my classroom. Right now I am kicking myself in the butt because I see the value of a webquest for various projects, especially research projects. I have found that my high school students need quite a bit of guidance creating reserach questions and finding answers to those questions. A webquest would be the perfect way to guide students towards the answers without really having to lecture or do all the work yourself. It would be a great way for students to hone those reserach skills and become research maniacs!
I also think that webquests are great ways for students to work on group skills as well. I'm sold. I think I like them.
Here are some links I found when I Googled "webquests"...some look pretty kewl.
http://webquest.org/index.php
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
http://bestwebquests.com/what_webquests_are.asp
Dodge, B. (1997). Webquests. Retrieved July 22, 2008, from San Diego State University WebQuest site: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about webquests.html
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wow your first picture is cool, but the baby picture is creeeeepy...eee. You make some excellent points here. I am making a webquest for the first time, and so I'm really trying to soak it all in. I think my students will like it. How come you didn't link to my webquest? isn't it good enough? you are on your way to being a little white different blogger!! I pitka your style!! see you in class :)
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