WebQuests

This semester in my Ed Tech and Design class, I learned how to create a WebQuest. To be honest, I had never heard of a WebQuest or what a WebQuest was until now.

I created a WebQuest in which students apply what they have learned about the food guide pyramid and healthy snacks by creating a healthy menu for a school's cafeteria. The WebQuest includes the task, which I mentioned, a step-by-step process to complete the task with three roles and their responsibilities, a resource page to help guide the students in their research, an evaluation page that lists the grading scale, and a conclusion page with reflective questions about their journey in completing the task and how that information can be used outside the classroom.

It takes time to create a WebQuest, but it is well worth it. It may seem a little intimidating, but it's a great way to incorporate technology into the classroom. It is a great online learning tool to get students engaged in relevant, real world curriculum situations that help foster high critical and creative thinking skills and involve problem solving, analysis, and judgement of information. A well-created WebQuest helps students find meaning and make sense of the information they are looking at, evaluate it, and apply that it to a real-life situation or to answer a question beyond a yes or no answer. It also helps them learn how to work with other members of their team to solve problems, organize themselves to complete the task, and take into consideration eachother's opinions.

I will definately be using this learning tool in the future. To learn more about WebQuests, click on the link below.

http://www.webquest.org/