Some teachers have used the Internet to set up a search for basic facts using the Internet. The teacher identifies a set of sites and then assigns questions that require groups students to visit each site to get the facts. This information would serve as the core of knowledge of follow up activities. The Internet can be used as a vast source of information for students. The teacher creates a problem and the students use the Internet as one of the sources of information in order to solve it.
Problem solving activities require both the basic facts and the synthesis of information.
One type of problem solving activity that has been developed are called WebQuests. Individuals, groups of students, or entire classes can create sites. In addition to the text and graphics of traditional paper based reports, Web based projects can incorporate audio and video as well. In order to create Web sites you can use software that is already built into your computer. For PCs you can use Notepad and for Macs SimpleText is available.