"Using Technology in the Classroom" by Amela Sahinovic & Alina Petcu

Task

You are English teachers. Your peer teachers have suggested that you need to incorporate more technology into your classes and they suggest that WebQuests would be a good way to do that. You don't know anything about WebQuests, much less how you could use them to teach English. Your task is to learn as much as you can about what WebQuests are and to find ways that you could use them to teach English. At the end of your search, you will develop a WebQuest that you could use with your own students.

Process

Step 1

Go to the following web sites and read more about WebQuests.

Dr. Dodge's WebQuest.org

http://tommarch.com/writings/ascdwebquests/

Step 2

Now look at some actual WebQuests. These links contain links to lots of examples:

http://words.usask.ca/educationvoice/2013/02/15/reflections-on-our-group-webquest/

Nellie's English Projects

Christine Bauer-Ramazani's list of ESL WebQuests

Step 3

Now that you have seen what a WebQuest is and can be, it is time for you to begin to develop your own . To start, ask yourself these questions:

1.What topic do I teach that could be investigated online?

2.What kinds of tasks would I want students to do as part of a WebQuest in connection with that topic?

Once you have the answers to those questions, you are ready to start thinking about designing your WebQuest.