Before this class, I had never seen or heard of Webquests or inquiry-based lesson plans online. I had guessed that educators posted lesson plans online, but Webquests contain more organized formats for the audience to follow. Now that I have seen several Webquests from the evaluations we completed in class, I believe I can detect a efficient and useful Webquest pertaining to the art classroom. They are a great resource for integrating technology into the art classroom as well, since technology is a booming industry and pretty much inevitable in modern education. The only thing I disliked about the Web tool is some Webquests seem doubtful. In addition, it can be a motivation strategy for the students after a while to try something different in terms of learning tools.
In specifically the Webquests search engine, various art lessons don't seem to exist outside of widely known artists such as Picasso and Kadinsky. I think a great Webquest would include the perfect balance between introducing historical art works and generating a creative outlet for students to create a project with open-ended instruction. These inquiry-based lessons can be a useful tool to introduce historical artworks or artists and lead students into unit plans and allow the integration of technology to flow more.
One last thing, the Webquests are tools which can benefit the Deaf community greatly. Deaf people, teachers, family or students, are extremely visual people. Children in my Deaf classroom can work some motivation towards any lessons that require visuals. Parents can also keep up with what their children are doing in the classroom from home when they can access the Webquests from my Website!
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