"Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier Than You Think" (08/1/2009) Article in Education World.
The article opens with the following statements and questions: "WebQuests are probably the most talked-about and widely used Web-based activities in today's classrooms. What are WebQuests? What accounts for their popularity? And how can you use -- and create -- WebQuests in your own classroom?"
Education World asked two educators about WebQuests... here is one response: "WebQuests, which use the constructivist approach to learning, are a super learning tool, said Kenton Letkeman, creator of a number of excellent WebQuests.
"With many research projects," Letkeman told Education World, "students feel that they are sucking up information and regurgitating it onto paper for no other reason than to get a good grade. WebQuests give students a task that allows them to use their imagination and problem-solving skills. The answers are not predefined and therefore must be discovered or created. Students must use their own creative-thinking and problem-solving skills to find solutions to problems.
"WebQuests are also a wonderful way of capturing students' imagination and allowing them to explore in a guided, meaningful manner," added Letkeman, a resource-based learning consultant for the Tisdale School Division in Saskatchewan, Canada. "Communication, group work, problem solving, and critical and creative thinking skills are becoming far more important in today's world than having students memorize predetermined content."
This article is getting teachers talking everywhere!
Let's hope so!!!
One way of creating WebQuests, that wasn't mentioned [don't know why editors like Linda Starr don't know about us] is through SWAT
Let's see how many teachers will start using WebQuests - they are brilliant!!!
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