Webquests

I think that webquests are a useful tool for teachers in the classroom. The students benefit in many ways, not to mention it holds their interest. Instead of just giving the student the information webquests captivates them and makes them delve farther into the learning process. It teaches them to distinguish between good information and useless information and where to go to find it. Also it teaches students to not give up when they do find something, and to keep prodding for more information. And as talked about in the assigned reading students have to "designate team members to fulfill various roles", which is an important part of any team. Different teams could be paired together for multiple webquests and be assigned to different roles. This not only helps the student learn from a different perspective, but if the student needs help he/she can get aid from another group member that has already "been in the same shoes". Making a webquest is relatively easy also. The level of intricacy can be decided by the group as a whole, or by one student choosing to do so. The collaborate element of making a webquest is fascinating to me. When we were in the classroom working on our webquest I thought it was interesting that when I changed something on the page it immediately changed the page on Jessica's screen. I didn't expect such an immediate response. I find it very interesting that the students can, "share a computer" as I heard somebody else in the class say. When introduced, I didn't think webquests were that useful for students, but after doing one and reading about them I could definitely see myself as a teacher implementing them into my lesson.