By: Courtney Suchecki, Lisa Levinson, James Stevenson, Kelly Doolen

A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format, in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. This lesson format essentially follows the layout of a traditional lesson plan, however directed towards the student instead of the teacher.

A Quick Look A WebQuest

Here you introduce your Webquest, providing a detailed summary of your activities. Here you provide a foreshadowing of what will be learned for you students. The goal here is to engage interest by pointing out the importance of the topic, or the mystery of it, or the relevance. This section simply describes what you want the learner to have accomplished by the time they have finished the lesson. This spells out step by step what the learners will do, how they'll interact with you, each other, and with information. This section describes the evaluation criteria needed to meet performance and content standards. Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. The Conclusion section serves two purposes. First, obviously, it brings the lesson to a close. Ask the learners to reflect back on what they learned and about their own process of learning. If there's a bottom line to the topic, this is a good place to put it. This includes credits, standards, and advice to the teacher.