Submit a BestWebQuest?
We have worked our way through many of the major directories of WebQuests so we may have run across your page on one of these.
After more than a decade of reviewing WebQuests, we've come to see the same patterns repeat themselves. There seem to be a few "artificial flavors" of WebQuests and the real thing. Typical of the artificial versions are:
- Web-based activities that merely require students to copy defined knowledge and paste it into something like a brochure, Web site or slide presentation.
- Better Web-based activities that ask students to acquire and assemble information in new ways, but don't take the critical step of prompting learners to transform what they have learned into a deeper -- new -- understanding.
- A smaller subset of "not real WebQuests" may have one person in a group doing some real knowledge building, but others get off with doing some lesser task, often involving technology.
You remember these comments from The 7 Red Flags of WebQuests and What WebQuests Are (Really!) - AKA "The Learning Power of WebQuests" in Educational Leadership.
Also, circa 2008, I'm finding that I use Weblogs and "unfold" WebQuests with students so I'll bet there are some great examples of "WebQuests" that may not look like our original templates.
So with this in mind, I'm not actively monitoring BestWebQuests these days, but am happy to look at yours if you think it's a real zinger. Contact me directly via tom at ozline dot com.
Finally, if you organize a group of 10 - 20 educators, you can receive specific feedback and help on developing your WebQuest as a part of BWQU (BestWebQuests University) at the Cutting Edge-ucator.com. Here you'll see how helpful Blogs, wikis and podcasts are to a Real, Rich and Relevant WebQuest.
Thanks for your interest.
Tom March
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