WebQuests
WebQuests for Adult Learners
These WebQuests for Adult Learners are online activities which include: an introduction,
a set of jobs or tasks, a step-by-step guide, a page that tells you and your teacher how you
will be evaluated, a set of vocabulary activities and extra activities you can do with your
own children. WebQuests include: How to Find a Good Job, Eating Right for a Healthier Life
and Managing Your Money. A Teacher Page is included with each WebQuest that explains ways to
teach using the materials. WebQuests also include links to appropriate CASAS, EFF and SCANS
competencies. (5/25/2004)
http://www.altn.org/webquests
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Websites ... Which Ones Should You Trust?
Anyone can make a website. How do you know whether or not to trust what you read online?
This WebQuest provides a tool for direct teaching as well as guided and independent practice to help
learners become critical readers and thinkers. (3/14/2005)
http://www.altn.org/webquests/websites
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Adult Education WebQuests to Download
Adult Education WebQuests to Download are the low-tech creations of a practitioner in Connecticut.
The WebQuests are all downloadable Word documents. Titles include: Make Your Consumer Voice Heard;
Wheels!; Ready, Set, PARENT! and Let's Go Out to Eat! Also included is a step-by-step guide to
creating your own WebQuests. (4/15/2005)
http://www.altn.org/webquests/downloads/
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The Change Agent: Economic Security Webquest
The Economic Security Webquest provides a short-term, structured use of Internet resources to answer the key
questions: Do you think families who live at the poverty line have enough money? Can people work fulltime and still
be below the poverty line? Includes a rubric to evaluate understanding. (6/23/2005)
http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/economy/project.htm
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Dream Vacation WebQuest
Dream Vacation Teacher Page
The Dream Vacation WebQuest is designed to provide practice in language and decision-making skills for Adult Education and
Advanced ESL Students. Students will work in small groups to plan a 4-day vacation, using Internet resources to gather
information about the location’s attractions, airfare or other transportation options, and hotel accommodations. They will
be required to keep within a set budget so will need to work together as a team to reach decisions as to how to spend their
money. This downloadable PowerPoint WebQuest provides guidance for teachers on a Teacher Page, and includes a special
vocabulary building section for students and an evaluation rubric. It links to short tutorials about using PowerPoint to
present information and offers tips on navigating the websites which are part of the WebQuest. Teachers may also wish to
download the Dream Vacation Teacher Page document which offers information about implementation strategies and the CASAS and
SCANS competencies addressed by the activities. (9/13/2005)
http://www.altn.org/webquests/dreamvacation/DreamVacation.ppt
http://www.altn.org/webquests/dreamvacation/vacation_WQ_teacher.doc
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