Take 5 -- WebQuests
Two weeks ago, I was searching for sites on constructivism and stumbled across a site that discussed constructivism and web quests. I fiddled around and started creating one. I finally finished my first WebQuest last week; I feel so proud to have finished it, but wow, what a task! What I realized when Randy Stall came was that to create a strong site, you needed higher level thinking questions, visual interest, a site that is easy to navigate, and one offers group activities as well as individual tasks. This took hours (over 15) to complete it, and I still need to provide a few more sites. What I did realize though, that this gave me an opportunity to really construct a lesson that challenged kids and made them analyze, assimulate, role play, and judge. I am excited to put the lesson into action with my freshmen...we'll see if my objective comes to fruition!
Here's the site: http://webquest.org/questgarden/lessons/06711-051029213801/
posted by Davis @ 5:43 PM
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2 Comments:
Can you post a link to your webquest for our class to see?
Wow! Looks pretty good Michelle. That's awesome that you figured out how to do all of that on your own. I'm impressed.
I will be interested to hear how it goes with your students. My only experience with webquests was for seventh grade science, so my projects were much more direct and step-by-step. I've written that I'd like to see how they work at a higher level. Yours certainly challenges students to do that kind of thinking. Hopefully they will rise to the challenge!
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