Webquests are a great way to have students use the web in order to learn new material or reienforce already learned material. The theory is that the teacher does all or his/her offloading to the web. This is great in theory; but in practice it is something very different. When using a webquest I will give this advice be patient with you students because they never read the directions.
Most people do not read the directions on the bact of a box of easy- mac they just heat and sprinkle the fake cheese. This is what happened to me durng my webquest activity. I had to constantly guide my students answeing questions about the directions. If I could do this lesson all over again I would do the modeling, coaching and fading as explained by Vygostsky in Mind and Society instead of trying to teach two skills at once.
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