Week Seven

Webquests turned out to be far less complex and difficult than I had originally imagined. The only examples I had seen were the permanent type where a huge website was created solely for the quest. So when we began the project I was in horror at the amount of work that would be required and especially how difficult it would be to do with a group in such a short period of time. But once we got working on it, things easily fell into place. Maybe our final outcome wasn't the be all end all of webquests, and was certainly a temporary quest, as opposed to a permanent one, but the process was similar and therefore extraordinarily helpful for the future. I think that this activity is one of the most versatile of all programs/activities we have engaged in this semester thus far. Students can create these quests for themselves, for other students or to prove their knowledge in an area. Teachers can create quests for students to learn new material or even to reiterate previously learned knowledge. A quest can be complex and be aimed at high school students, or be simple and aimed at elementary students. The varying levels of difficulty possible make this type of activity easily accessible for students at all grade levels and therefore make it an awesome tool for educators. After doing readings and looking at several examples of webquests, both good and bad, it was even more clear that as far as these quests go, anything goes and the more creativity involved, the better! It was a good experience actually creating one and gives a lot of insight for the future.