One good way to make a webquest involve some higher level skills is to have the product be in the persuasive realm. You can have students investigate various possibilities, then present reasons why they think one is better than another. The emphasis isn't so much on finding the information, but on doing something with the info.
I hadn't checked for awhile, but I found an old webquest I'd made for a class over five years ago. It's basically a country report disguised as an Olympics webquest. Of course, I made it so long ago that I've forgotten the log in and how to update it (what lame graphic design!) Imagine my surprise when I saw that someone else revised it. I would definitely make improvements to it now (just a few years ago, things were divided into different tasks more often, I think) http://education.iupui.edu/webquests/olympics/index.htm#RESOURCES This page from Bernie Dodge might help explain it better. http://webquest.sdsu.edu/necc98.htm I'm glad you asked; I hadn't looked for that old webquest for a long time. Susie ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
