2. WEBQUEST 101 PART 1- WHAT IS A WEBQUEST?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4rel5qOPvU
The first video in the series discusses an overview
of what a WebQuest is. WebQuests “allow
students to search the internet to answer deep
and meaningful questions about the world
around them”. These Quests are typically
broken into three main sections for the
students: Introduction, Task and Process. Then
through this they form their own opinion and
conclusions.
3. WEBQUEST 101 PART 2- HOW TO MAKE A WEBQUEST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyht-ehlAWY&feature=relmfu
This video discusses how to create your own WebQuests. These
WebQuests require higher order thinking skills in order to complete.
The task is the central focus and should be a higher level question
and should not have one straight forward answer. The goal of a
Quest is for the students to investigate the idea and then be able to
produce something to show their learning. This can be done in a
multitude of ways such as a project, creating their own end result,
being prepared for a discussion, etc. But the central question is
how to design a WebQuest? The video suggests to start with task
that you want the students to do. Then from there you can build the
design. WebQuest (http://www.webquest.org), QuestGarden
(www.questgarden.com) and other tools can be used to help create
WebQuests.
5. #1- QUESTGARDEN: FIND THE GEOMETRY WEBQUEST
http://questgarden.com/89/25/8/091029084413/
This WebQuest takes students through different steps where the students
analyze how Geometry is in the world around them. The students first look
to describe parallel and transversal lines, vertical angles, circles and
concentric circles, etc. in a picture or object that they know. They then
summarize their findings in a paragraph. For the next step, they create a
picture that uses specific geometric properties such as perpendicular
lines, concentric circles, midpoints, etc. Then next step they take is to
extend their knowledge. The students create their own picture and
directions on how to create the geometric picture using the appropriate
properties and vocabulary. The last step has the students search for
artwork in the world around us that is inspired by mathematics. The
students are to then write about the piece and how math is used in this.
Once the students have completed all four steps, the students then create
a poster that shows their four steps and creations.
Scoring: 6/6
Overall Design: 2 Ease of Use: 2 Higher Order Thinking
Skills: 2
This WebQuest has many resources for students to use, provides
examples, has very detailed directions that allow students to follow
through easily. The students are expected to do a great deal of inquiry,
searching and synthesize the worlds of math and art.
6. #2- ZUNAL: FUN WITH FUNCTIONS WEBQUEST
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=247118
For this WebQuest, students investigate functions and transformations of
functions. I chose this WebQuest because it is a subject that we
struggled with teaching this year. Additionally, as a teacher who has both
Algebra 1 and Geometry students, typically it is easier to find applications
and extensions for Geometry but it is more difficult for Algebra 1.
Through this investigation students create graphs of absolute value
functions and then transform them to discover how the equation changes.
Through this investigation students access a wide variety of online tools
from Online Graphing Calculator tool to Khan Academy and Math is Fun.
Scoring: 5/6
Overall Design: 2 Ease of Use: 2 Higher Order Thinking
Skills: 1
The overall design of the WebQuest is very user friendly and easy to use.
The Quest expects students to use some higher order thinking skills but I
would have liked to see something more that the students created, rather
than just a worksheet with questions. There is a lot of potential with how
7. #3- WEEBLY; DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP WEBQUEST
http://digitalcitizenshipwebquest.weebly.com
I chose this WebQuest because our school is constantly struggling with how to
address Digital Citizenship with our students. We have the students sign
contracts and watch videos, but do they really take away why it is important to
analyze what information and voice you are putting out there. We feel that what
we have done up to this point hasn’t highlighted all of the complicated nature of
Digital Citizenship. This WebQuest has students look at nine different topics
surrounding Digital Citizenship: Access, Commerce, Communication, Literacy,
Eqiquette, Law, Health/Wellness, Security, and Rights/Responsibility. The
reason that I like this is that there are multiple things that the students read and
do for each of the nine topics. The final step has them creating a Word Cloud
through Tagxedo and then creats 5 “Bills of Rights” for Digital Citizenship.
Through this process students investigate and learn a great deal about the
power that their digital footprint leaves. Hopefully, inspiring them to be more
thoughtful about what they do online.
Scoring: 6/6
Overall Design: 2 Ease of Use: 2 Higher Order Thinking Skills:
2
I think this WebQuest is GREAT! I can see so many benefits for our students! This
webstie is easy to use, very aesthetically pleasing and easy to read. And best of
all students do something with everything they are learning. Giving them more
investment in their education. I know this is always a hot topic in education so
this would be great for students, teachers and administration to use!
