Webquests

Webquests is a great tool for communicating with Parents, Students, and Colleagues in many ways. The whole arrangement of the webquest is friendly for all. It gives you a brief introduction, the task, the process, the objectives, and the conclusion. They can all be reached online. It is almost like an online syllabus, or rubric per say, that the Parents can look up to see what their children are working on in school. It would be great if you e-mailed parents a link to the webquest, or better yet, posted it on your class blog or e-mail.

It seems that it would be extremely easy for students to understand. They just need to know how to navigate themselves through the webquest, which can be taught in the classroom. Once they are used to the process, they will be able to do more webquests. It is also nice because the teacher can put appropriate, and reputable websites with information that the student can use. This will prevent the students from having to cite, and be sure the information they found is correct.

After looking online at the many webquests that have been posted, I learned that webquests are not only a good way to communicate with your immediate colleagues, but also colleagues all over the world. This prevents the teacher from having to always create their own webquests. Teachers have a limited amount of time as it is, and with the development of the webquest, the teachers time is now freed up a bit more.

Webquests are effective in that they keep students in touch with the technological world, while they are simultaneously learning about different content areas. This seems to create a greater ability for students to stay engaged in areas that may otherwise seem dull.

Some of the cons of webquests are that, depending on the type of webquest, it may inhibit cooperative learning for some students as they could become better friends with the computer. As i was looking online however, there seemed to also be activities that involved working with your peers.

I would like to use webquests in my class quite often in that it would be very easy to communicate exactly what you want to the students. It also would be easier for the student to understand the process.