webquest top 10

top ten webquest tips

1. The time you put in up front will pay dividends on the back end.
2. It's important to create a task that students can complete without further instruction.
3. You definitely want students to stay interested throughout the exercise.
4. It's good to have tasks that exercise different levels of thinking.
5. All of the above are reasons why much time and energy must be invested.
6. Since websites and web pages aren't permanent, you also need to check out your links before you reuse a webquest.
7. Once you're done, though, you have an activity that can be used any time you need it, because
8. some students didn't get permission slips signed to go on your field trip, or
9. you need a substitute on short notice, and can't be sure the sub can handle anything intricate, or
10. some students want to work independently on a project while the rest of the class is doing something else, or
11. you can't stand the idea of trying to teach something the last day before Christmas, but you also don't want to be that teacher that shows videos of the latest James Bond movie.