WebQuest model is a way of creating lessons which can help students make good use of the web and apply higher level thinking to solve certain problems or complete specific tasks. This kind of model can be efficient when employed in English language lesson in that students can learn to apply language for some purposes through accessing online resources by themselves. This link http://webquest.org/ can give you a deeper insight of WebQuest. But the challenge during the past 14 years is how to make it faster and easier for teachers to design WebQuest lesson. Now an excellent website--QuestGarden http://questgarden.com/-- is emerged as an end result of years of efforts (Bernie Dodge).
What is QuestGarden?
QuestGarden provides a platform for teachers to create a high quality WebQuest lesson easily and quickly. Users have complete control of the final lesson with the aid of the guidance in each step. Images, videos and other documents cab be easily attached in the process. Besides, users within each group can refer to other teachers' work and give feedback if they set up a group page. The most attracting point is that QuestGarden provides a 30-day trail of the lesson creation tools for free. Here is a example made by myself, maybe you would be interested in http://questgarden.com/138/10/5/120127053741/. What are you waiting for now? Come to experience it learn the magic of it!
What is the advantage of Questgarden?
- It gives guidance step by step through the whole process when you are creating the WebQuest lesson.
- It is easy to insert images, videos and upload other documents.
- Users have complete control of the colors, fronts and the layout of the final lesson.
- It provides a lot of online resources of pictures and images.
- There are five checkpoints for users to self-assess during the process of designing the lesson.
- It gives you an opportunity to preview before publish and read others' comments about your design.
How to use it in English language teaching environment?
Teachers can design a WebQuest task as a homework for students to do after school, and then shows and discuss their results in the next lesson. In this way, students can cooperate and learn from each other outside school as well and save the activity time in class.
Limitations
- Students may distract their attention from other online resources.
- It requires students to have access to computer at home.
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