WebQuests

I have used WebQuests before with success and frustration before while I was teaching English in South Korea. Based on my own experience, the WebQuests that were the most successful with my students focused on a single topic, such as the Amazon rainforest or comboys of the American Wild West, while those that have caused me the most frustration have either math or science integrated into them or have them as the main focus. The WebQuests mentioned above had been particularly successful for me with young Korean students because most of them maintained an interest in working on projects that were focused on people and places found outside of South Korea. This was because most of these students had no previous experience traveling outside of South Korea and wanted to learn about foreign history and foreign people, rather than learn about South Korea in a WebQuest The most frustrating thing for me was using only short WebQuests that spanned a day or two of work instead of four or five days, because the students would often seek more knowledge about the topic being learned and I would be forced to provide extra work, which would often be created on my own time. Under these circumstances, I often had little time available to create supplementary material for the other subjects I taught. In conclusion, while I will use WebQuests in the future I intend to use those WebQuests that last for four or five days instead of one or two days.