The benefits of using webquests with your students :
- Open Communication- Teachers, parents, and students will write to ask thought provoking questions or give helpful suggestions.
- Wise use of time- Quality resources are provided for students.
- Current Information- Webquests provide users with up-to-date information.
- Stimulating Graphics- The colorful, sometimes animated, graphics found on webquests can create excitement.
- Interactive Sites- Students can use webquests to actively manipulate information.
- Various Reading Levels- Students using webquests can find information at their reading level.
- Multiple Intelligences- Webquests use different mediums to reach all types of learners.
- Safety Issues- Webquests provide teacher previewed sites.
The benefits of developing your own webquest to use with your students :
- Solidify Knowledge- Teachers solidify their knowledge on the topic by exploring and developing the webquest.
- Curriculum Tie-Ins- Teachers can create specific tie-ins to their own district's curriculum and the state's frameworks.
- Publishing- When students realize that thousands of people from all over the world have the opportunity to read their work that is published on the webquest, the quality of their work improves.
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