Web Quests

I have just started to read about WebQuests. Yikes, again another anxiety producing site. I fear that I am going to have to make one! It does sound challenging and from what I have read so far really does sound like an interesting way to keep students engaged in learning. This application can be used as a learning tool as well as a tool to present what has been experienced and remembered from the lesson.

A WebQuest has a "hook" which keeps the participant looking, listening, engaged and learning. The hook may be a treasure hunt, a game or other activity that is embedded in the quest site. A scrapbook of ideas can be made collaboratively by the students that participate in class.

The WebQuest site must be age appropriate for the student's it is intended for.

I visited the web site posted to experience a WebQuest. The site was about the roaring twenties. I learned more about F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ty Cobb, and Ella Fitzgerald. This is really an interesting way to learn, because the student can choose the links that interest them the most and pick up knowledge along the way.