| First, you need to decide what your WebQuest is about (not to
mention who it is for). Are you a third grade teacher who wants your
students do work on science? A college history professor who wants
your students to get more involved in researching some specific
incidents or people? How about a middle school teacher trying to get
students to write more? WebQuests have been used with many
different learner populations from elementary schools to
non-traditional adults. The topics that have been chose are legion.
Examples of WebQuests.
Choosing a Topic
Choose a topic with all or most of the following
characteristics:
- You are interested in it (helps you maintain motivation
and means that you will not have to look up as much
information)
- It will be useful to you in your teaching now or in the
future (again, that helps your motivation a lot)
- You can think of meaningful tasks that students could do
with it. This should be more than just "look up
information." Instead, can they solve problems, design
things, write about it, and so forth. More on this topic in
the "Tasks" section.
Writing a Goal
Write a goal for the WebQuest. This should be stated in terms
of what students will get out of doing the WebQuest. What will
they learn? Be specific.
Do write
- Students will apply simple statistics to making a
decision about which car to buy.
- Students will describe how the battle of Gettysburg
changed the course of the Civil War.
- Students will predict the effects of pollution on a
nearby swamp.
Do not write
- The WebQuest will cover the causes of the American
Revolution.
- Students will look up some facts about frogs.
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