Webquest 2

So this past week we continued with webquests. We learned the process of making a lesson plan and applying it with the core curriculum.
As a student of UVU's education program I am realizing the importance of lesson plans and how to use different lessons to catch a student's attention and help them grasp onto the concepts they are being taught. I have been taught several different ways to create a lesson with Webquests being the newest one. As a teacher I hope that I can get my students engaged and excited about learning and I am counting on webquests to help me accomplish that!
I have looked over a few examples of webquests and have seen that this is an engaged way of learning. It gets me excited to have tools such as these that I can use to help my students receive the most out of their education and to have them be able to show me through different activities what they know. I plan on incorporating handson activities as well as activities to allow the students to create and act. I feel that when a student is put into character they suddenly are able to feel and relate to what they are learning. That is why I think it would be wise of me to use webquests in many of my social studies lessons.
Now as a student I am planning on perfecting my skills and really knowing how to creat a webquest in a reasonable amount of time. I know I will be extremely busy as a teacher so now is the time for me to prepare and really understand how to use the different tools I have at hand. webquests don't exactly seem to be the easiest and quickest route right now. But with practice I feel as though I will be able to design an educational webquest in a reasonable amount of time and still be able to prepare for my other lessons. Webquesting is a new exciting way for me to look at my future techniques as a teacher.