WebQuests:
What a week! I have designed WebQuests before, and find myself a little too
picky for the generic fill in the blank and up it goes type of WebQuest. So I
created my WebQuest from the ground up and connected it to my classroom
website. I have been trying to come up with a way to ditch my social studies
textbook for the exploration chapter for a while, but just have not had the
time to invest in creating something new. My Educational Technology required me
to create a WebQuest, so I am suddenly forced to have the time. If I had to
take the time to create one, I decided it would be for that unit.
In my WebQuest, students are magically transported back in time to be
apprentices under their assigned famous explorer. As an apprentice, they have
four tasks they must complete in order to have a successful adventure. The
first task is to convince the King and Queen to fund their exploration journey.
Secondly, they must create a recruiting poster in order to convince sailors to
join this dangerous trip. Thirdly, they must create a PowerPoint showing and
describing the tools they will need and what three personal items they would
choose to bring and why. The final part of this WebQuest is students must
create a mini-journal of six entries from the beginning of the voyage to the
end when the famous explorer makes their discovery.
Some of the struggles I had with this WebQuest was time constraints. I tried
to get ahead knowing the my brother would be getting married the week/end that
I had to create this massive project, but being in the wedding party demanded
more of my time than I expected. The fact I was too stubborn to go ahead and do
the prefabricated designs added to my dilemma as it takes even more time to
create the design from a blank page. However, it did get created, and although
there are a few things I am still going to work on, it is mostly ready for my
students in one month's time. One of my biggest problems was fixing all the
dead links. That is a problem you run into when you are designing a website ...
you are the one responsible for making sure the task page links to the process
page. I think I have all the bugs worked out. I plan on fixing my credits page, but for now I
figured a list of the websites I used would suffice. I am really proud of this
WebQuest and can’t wait to see how my student’s react to it. I used the paint program
several times to modify pictures and really personalize the experience. Yes,
that is my actual face in the picture of the Renaissance Queen. Check out my WebQuest
and let me know any suggestions you may have!
Checkout my WebQuest : http://hiphoppin.home.insightbb.com/trip_of_a_liftime_intro
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