Here's a great example of the power of web 2.0. Bernie Dodge, the creator of WebQuests, spent an hour this evening discussing the evolution of WebQuests during the weekly Women of the Web 2.0 chat. How cool is that? Those in attendance were able to ask questions. I wanted his advice on how to help teachers understand the difference between an Internet scavenger hunt and a real WebQuest. Bernie thinks that the most important part of a WebQuest is coming up with a really good Task, and from that all the rest comes along. I am envisioning a small group of teachers discussing WQ Task examples: excellent, good, mediocre, and bad. Perhaps I could come up with the examples. After hearing Bernie talk, I see that this discussion would be much more beneficial than on focusing on all the components and how to create your own WQ. This mini-lesson will help teachers determine which ones to use in their classroom from all the ones that are available to them by doing a simple Google search.
Bernie says the form really doesn't matter - He says "It's more about the teaching than the technology." He has seen excellent WebQuests made in PowerPoint and others on fancy web pages... how it is presented is irrelevant, how it makes kids think is the key.
Bernie also talked about the next generation of WebQuests.... WikiQuests, BlogQuests, VideoQuests. I'm interested in exploring this more!
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