WebQuests

We talked about WebQuests today. WebQuests are a lesson plan on the computer that kids do themselves. So it just guides them through a lesson without a teacher. So for example, I looked at a webquest about dressing for the seasons for kindergarten through second grade. There is a paper the kids can print out with a cartoon guy named Flat Stanley and there was a whole list of cities the kids can choose from to send Flat Stanley to. You choose a place and then look up the weather for that place and then draw the proper clothes on Flat Stanley. Then you are supposed to mail him to that place and there were links to weather games at the end. It was cute... I think that most of these were targeted toward home schooled kids. From a teacher's perspective, I don't think that I would ever have the kids do these. Maybe in a computer class, but it's like it replaces the teacher. The webquest tells you everything you need to do. I think that you could use the webquests to get lesson ideas from... But a lot of the links are outdated and don't work. Interesting ideas but I don't think I would use them in my class.