Use of the internet is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, learning to surf the internet for specific bits of information can become a powerful research skill.  However, some students have made use of web sites to download information without really understanding or integrating it.  Thus, the process runs the risk of becoming a new mode of passive learning or perhaps even a way of acquiring plagiarizing skills.

--- Mel Levine

Working on your own or with a partner, use the process page to answer the following questions

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1. What is a webquest?

2. When were webquests created?

3. What are the components of a good webquest?

4. Are there webquests that are already created that you can make use of? 

5. How would you make use of them?

6. What benefits could this have for your students?

7. Could a good webquest address Mel Levine's concern quoted above?

8. How will you evaluate your students' performance on the webquest you have chosen?

When you are done, please select a webquest that you can use during your class and be ready to share it with the other teachers in the workshop.  Write the URL of your selected webquest in the space below.