March 7,2013 Class

 

WebQuest: Educational journey online

-       build the gateway

-       interactive/ can be self-contained

-       quest= questions

-       web based exploration

-       challenge

-       assessment

-       plans, activities, and resources

-       should be steps to the webquest to follow

-       Web: engagement, search engine, links, highlights, setting, connection to worldcreating a gateway for students to use internet sources that are educational

This WebQuest webpage on dinosaurs was AMAZING! I really wish to one day be able to use a WebQuest in my classroom and teach my students based on one. It would be such a fun and interactive way for them to learn. Not only can they do the WebQuest alone but can also work with partners. I will definitely try one day in the future to make a WebQuest and have my students use it. I think that the WebQuest also is more monitored then letting the students go out on their own to research the topics, they have all the links in front of them. The students probably will wonder off but it does decrease the chances.  After seeing the demonstration in class today of how to make the Web Quest, I am excited to start mine and will make it based on what I am currently teaching my students in their 10^th grade Honors class so that I can hopefully use it during my teaching!