Web Quests!!

Until today I had no idea what a Webquest was or what you could use it for. I think it is a great way to allow students to use there technological skills and complete an assignment linked to curriculum. It also is a great way to keep control of where the students are searching and web and the information they are browsing. I think when you add the technology into an assignment the students interest immeditely is increased and then if you can combine it with an project that engages them and is hands on or kinesthetic it can create a great way for the students to learn and have fun doing it!

For my "webquest-to-be" I'm studying the Civil War. I have found several websites that discuss the events of the Civil War. For their task the students would need to choose several events that they found most interesting and create a picture time line of the events.