WebQuest about WebQuests Worksheet
Print this page out and use it to jot down notes while you examine each site. Remember to stay in character as you examine the sites and don't compare notes until you get back with your four-person group.
Your Role
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x_Efficiency Expert |
___Affiliator |
___Altitudinist |
___Technophile |
Your Impressions
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WebQuest |
Strengths |
Weaknesses |
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |
navigation pts. throughout; links open in new windows; clear objectives for students ; minimal but relative links |
15-20 min presentation seems long; too many links to same worksheet, may not be clear is same (or multiple copies of it?). |
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Gallery of Art-i-Facts |
Nice glossary links (quick reference); readable & neat text / language; Very dynamic and interesting task for students, combining history and art and technology
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step 2 should be two steps. Students (as I did, may click on first link and not explore all the other museums first. continues for other steps. Need more links to direct students to places to do research and goes back and forth between tasks (choose roles, researching, etc.) |
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Conflict
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Clear instructions, nice group work to cut down on time
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Links don’t open in new window leading to accidental closing of window or ‘losing’ assignment page.
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The Gilded Age |
Very ambitious project with high level analysis skills and real world applications |
Too many steps and very complicated roles; too many resources to
explore i |
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Extra, Extra! |
excellent, clear, specific roles which together allow for a comprehensive look at subject; resources are well organized and easy to access/navigate; nice use of guiding questions |
Evaluation could be more specific for student clarity about expectations of project; is a very long project, but if done well, could provide a very in-depth and broad understanding of many aspects of novel. |
Bernie Dodge, Department of Educational Technology, SDSU
1.
Which two of example WebQuests
listed below are the best ones? Why?
Extra, Extra! and Gallery of
Art-i-facts are the best sites.
Both are clean and easy to navigate, allowing students to efficiently use
their time to focus on the tasks rather than trying to figure out the site. Also, they both require high-level
analysis skill, making it more than just a scavenger hunt for miscellaneous
information.
2.
Which two are the worst?
Why?
The worst sites are The Gilded Age and Conflict Yellowstone
Wolves. The Gilded Age is a great
project idea, but a bit too complicated.
Unless it is a documentary class where there is some understanding of the
roles needed to produce a documentary, I feel this will cause a lot of confusion
and wasted time, distracting from the content. Conflict Yellowstone Wolves also
requires a lot of time for a narrow amount of information.
3.
What do best and
worst mean to you? As the
Efficiency Expert, the best lesson will not require extraordinary amount of time
in the computer lab, yet will give students an i