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WebQuest 2.0: Best Practices for the 21st Century by Jennifer Levin Goldberg

Over the last ten years, WebQuests have become more popular in schools. To effectively use a WebQuest, the best instructional methods should be in place, but the best WebQuests reflect the 21st century skills students need to do well in the world. Many surveys have been done to find out what these skills are and to the displeasure of many business leaders those entering the workforce are lacking these skills. This article will point out and go over the 21st century skills employers are looking for in the 21st century workforce and give eight best practices WebQuests should include to be an effective tool preparing students for the workforce.

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By definition, WebQuests are inquiry-based activities, which some or all of the information that students interact with comes from resources on the internet. WebQuests can not be properly enforced in the classroom if teachers print out the material and give them to the students.

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21st century workforce skills include a range of skills,
such as collaboration, cooperation (teamwork),
communication (written and verbal), creativity/
innovation, critical thinking and problem solving,
information and communication technology (ICT)
literacy, field-based knowledge acquisition and
mastery, professionalism/work ethic (motivation,
completion of tasks, maintaining deadlines, attendance, punctuality, and possessing a positive attitude), adaptability, reading comprehension, and responsible/accountable global citizenry.

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Best Practice 1: Create Collaborative and Cooperative Task

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Best Practice 1: Create Collaborative and Cooperative Task

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- assign group-oriented tasks where there is a common goal among the members
- Cooperation is achieved when all group members do their own parts and bring their results back to the group
- Collaboration is direct interaction among all group members  to produce a product and involves discussions, accommodations, etc.
- This skill teaches team building and working well with others
- Learners must investigate their individual roles and then come back together to decide how they will move forward to achieve their goal

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21st Century learning & Life Skills: Framework