My own WebQuest - first thoughts
I have thought about a possible topic for my WebQuest earlier but I didn't really come to a conclusion. For me it's quite difficult to decide on something. It should be something that students are really interested in - difficult... I thought about doing something on Harry Potter. But there are always pupils who hate that whole HP-boom so that wouldn't be fair. I thought about working on historic persons or ethnic minorities (e.g. Aborigines), one for each group but that still didn't really attract my attention. So last but not least I decided to change my perspective:
- Who will my WebQuest be for? - For teenagers from grade 10 onwards.
- What kind of problems are they faced with? - As many of them are likely to leave school soon, it's important for them to consider how they would like to live their future life.
Everybody knows that it's hard to come to an occupational decision in a very young age. That's why more and more people prefer to take a so-called gap year between school and apprenticeship, university or job training. I think that it's really useful for students to inform themselves about possible ways how to deal with their future and a gap year definitely is one interesting alternative. So why not developing a WebQuest on possible ways of spending a gap year?
