What is a
WebQuest? A WebQuest is an
inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the
information used by the students is drawn from the
Internet. WebQuests are designed to use the students'
time well, to focus on using information rather than
looking for it, and to support students' thinking at the
levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Webquests
help ensure that students stay on task while online. The
model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State
University by Bernie
Dodge with
Tom
March and
there is an
extensive web site devoted to WebQuests
created by Richard
Harrison, Education Centre
for International Students, Nagoya University,
Japan
This site is a collection
of WWW-based tasks called WebQuests for learning Japanese
as a foreign language.
