A must read before designing a Webquest

I found the most helpful article on designing Webquests from My lesley databases. The article, Inquiry-Based Learning and Technology: Designing and Exploring WebQuests, written by Jan Lacina, explained very clearly why teachers like Webquests. Most importantly, it pointed out that WebQuests use technology activities to interest students while promoting reading in the content areas as well as engaging students in cooperative learning and all of the information comes from previewed links provided by the teacher comes from sources on the Web. Also it stated that Webquests foster higher level thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) which is the most important tool that students can take with them in the future.
The article also provided a link to Bernie Dodge's site:
(http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html) to see templates he has provided for the novice developer of WebQuets. Teachers can also view other Quests on this site.
It also gave more detail about the five components of a Webquest, but perhaps the most useful part of the article to me was the five pieces of advice to teachers before they begin to create a WebQuest (time to view other Quests, organize steps for students to follow, don't include too many resources that confuse students, be a facilitator but first model how to use the Quest, always have a contingency plan and print copies of the Webquest in case of technical failure, and show great amounts of enthusiasm to excite the students).
In case you want to read the entire article, go to Myleslie databases, clicked on Places to Start, clicked on Academic Search, clicked on the Advanced Search tab at the top and typed in Inquiry-Based Learning and Technology: Designing and Exploring WebQuests.