This document provides instructions for a web quest that explores what web quests are and how to evaluate examples of good and bad web quests. Learners are tasked with exploring several example web quests within 15 minutes, considering what makes some better than others. They are then asked to provide their thoughts on a discussion board about which web quests are best/worst and how the examples could be improved for classroom use. The document includes links to various example web quests and concludes by noting how web quests can be easily created in PowerPoint and shared.

1. A Web Quest about Web Quests http://www.web-services-india.com/images/web%20services.jpg

2. Introduction Complete this Web Quest to develop your knowledge about what exactly a Web Quest is, and what the qualities of a good Web Quest are.

3. Your mission is to… The task is to explore and critically analyse some examples of Web Quests. You will have 15 minutes to explore some of the Web Quests on the Resources and Links page.

4. Activities Explore the Web Quests on the following page. Consider the following questions: Which of the following Web Quests are the best ones? Why? Which one is the worst? Why? How would you develop these Web Quests to make them appropriate for your class? Add your thoughts to the Wall Wisher notice board, by following this link: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/WebQuests You will have 15 minutes for this task.

5. Resources and Links http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/quilts/ http://www2.lhric.org/kat/wq/colonial.htm http://questgarden.com/80/44/9/090417161910/ http://questgarden.com/79/09/6/090326165128/index.htm http://questgarden.com/72/60/1/081205162959/index.htm http://questgarden.com/88/01/4/091112091643/index.htm http://questgarden.com/72/16/0/081106092511/ http://www.fcps.edu/KingsParkES/technology/webquests/Egypt/index.htm

6. Conclusion All of these Web Quests can be create relatively easily with Microsoft PowerPoint, which is what this one has been created for. This can then be uploaded as a Web Site to the School Server. See me if you would like details of how to do this. Or you can simply load the PowerPoint file on to the individual computers, for pupils to access.