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- 2. WEBQUEST 101 PART1- 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 PART2- 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.
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- 5. #1- QUESTGARDEN: FINDTHE 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: FUNWITH 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; DIGITALCITIZENSHIP 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!