WebQuest

This past week we were asked to explore a variety of WebQuests. WebQuest is a resource for teachers to explore a variety of projects that the students in the classroom can do. While I was exploring, I noticed WebQuests that were helpful and some that did not make much sense. As a teacher, I would like to find a site that my students can easily access from home so that their parents will also understand what the objectives are in a simple way.

One thing that I found very useful about these websites is that they are an easy way for teachers to find well-developed tasks (if the site is good) about a variety of things that the students may be learning about. It has everything from activities that the students can use to the grading scale of what the teachers will use to evaluate their work.

One of the useful websites that I found was the Underground Railroad WebQuest. This WebQuest was organized and useful. It also had a variety of sources that the students could explore while also keeping it relevant to the topic.

However, the WebQuest about ice cream was not useful. It was not well-organized and did not do a good job of explaining the task to myself and to the students. I also did not find it very relevant to not only the age group that it was targeting but also in general.

Overall I find WebQuests to be an interesting source for teachers to use but not one that I will find myself using a lot.