Creating the WebQuest 

Organize your student instructions (handout) as follows: introduction, task, process, resources, assessment

Introduction

• What is the essential or guiding question we want to answer? 
• The guiding question relates to the curriculum you are trying to cover – for example, if you are teaching students to extend their understanding of a text by making personal connections, you could facilitate a webquest to provide context on the historical period of a novel prior to reading it.  

Task 

• What are students going to do with this info? – oral presentation, powerpoint, written reflection, etc

Process 

• How will this function – (grouping/facilitation)
• Will students complete individually, in pairs or in groups?
• Will students work at a computer, or rotate through stations that have a laptop or iPad provided?

Resources 

• Source links preselected by teacher
• Resources should be scaffolded and increase the use of higher order thinking skills
• A good webquest can include differentiated instruction and different styles of learning. For example, some web links may require students to read an article, whereas others may be to watch a video, or complete a more tactile task. Other ideas include infographics, online surveys, games, or quizzes, 
• Provide links on a paper handout or in google classroom, or have iPads/laptop stations with the links already loaded up or display the link or QR code at the station. 
• After reading or viewing each resource, it may be helpful to provide students with discussion questions to reflect. These notes may be helpful in the completion of the summative task to remember the key points from their learning. 

Assessment

• You may want to use a checklist of skills to observe while students are working through the webquest such as listening and speaking skills, use of technology, and group-work skills. You could also use these criterion to create a student self-assessment form to be completed after the summative task. For grading of the summative task, I think a rubric would work best as this task will be a compilation of student learning in the form of a slide presentation, poster, etc. 

Conclusion

• You can also include a wrap-up or consolidation piece at the end like a reflection, or exit ticket.