Process

• It is assumed that students have not had any experience with website evaluation.

• Before completing this webquest, the teacher should model a website evaluation for the students.  They should also be given some guided practice, such as all students evaluating one website that the teacher has selected. 

• The Evaluation sheets have been designed so that a teacher with no experience in website evaluation will know how to proceed.  Links to the evaluation sheets are contained in the Student Process section of the webquest.

• The webquest is designed for groups of 6 so that the 3 evaluation tasks can be divided evenly.  However the 3 evaluation tasks do not have to be carried out separately.  Smaller groups or even individuals can complete the website evaluations without dividing up the 3 evaluation forms.
  

•  I thought about rotating the three evaluation tasks among the pairings in each group, but then decided I would like each pair to gain a depth of experience in one facet of evaluation so that they could become experts in that facet.

• Modeling and guided practice in Website Evaluation -  1 day

• Webbie Award Webquest Step 1and 2 - 2 days

• Webbie Award Webquest Steps 3 and 4 - 1 day

• Webbie Awards Ceremony - 1 day

• Students repeat the webquest, but are assigned a new category and a new evaluation role. For example, if they have already evaluated the Authority of the Civil War sites,  they can next evaluate the Content of the Holocaust sites.
  

• New categories of websites can be created by the teacher based on curriculum topics or student interests..

• Students independently choose a topic of interest and evaluate a series of websites.