Designing Your WebQuest

Designing Your WebQuest
 
Here's a link to a site that clearly depicts the thought process a teacher uses when designing a WebQuest.
 
Your WebQuest must include six essential parts:
  • Introduction--introduce the project by presenting a question or problem, or creating a situation for your students. Strive for real-world problems or situations in order to make the WebQuest more relevant to your students. Your main goal in the introduction is to grab your students' attention, and create motivation.
  • Task--this is where you describe what your students will be asked to do, and describe the final product they will be expected to produce. Strive for higher-order thinking to make the WebQuest more rigorous.
  • Process--step-by-step directions for completing the WebQuest.
  • Resources--here's where you link to all the sites that may be useful in your students' research. If your WebQuest includes different roles, you may want to consider making a resources page for each role. You may also list any non-internet resources (such as books available in the classroom, etc.) that students may use in their research.
  • Evaluation--describe very specifically how students will be evaluated. This page should include a rubric.
  • Conclusion--summary--on this page, the teacher will wrap everything up. There should also be questions or prompts that encourage student reflection.
**Note--in some more recent WebQuests, the resources are embedded into the process page, and are not on a separate page(s). You should consider the level of your students and the number of roles before you decide where to put your resources. (Having them separate might be less overwhelming to elementary students.)
Many WebQuests also include a Teacher Page. On the Teacher Page you will find anything that might help another teacher implement the WebQuest in his or her own classroom. This might inlcude grade levels, objectives, standards, a possible time line for implementation, and any other helpful notes.
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