Creating and structuring activities

Many web sites have appeared to help educators in made online instructional activities. Some of these sites provide fill-in-the-blank templates, allowing teachers to made activities in a step-by-step process. Although these sites can be quite helpful when creating online activities for the first time, they can also be limiting.
For those teachers who want to step beyond the templates and create their own activities and web pages from the ground up, WebQuests and electronic portfolios have become popular for the development of engaging problem-solving activities.
WebQuests
A WebQuest is a specific kind of web-based learning activity. It was developed by Bernie Dodge, a professor of educational technology at San Diego State University. WebQuests provide students with the opportunity to work independently or in small group activities that incorporate research, problem solving, and application of basic skills. This teacher-created lesson guides student research using the Internet while incorporating skills such as problem solving. 

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