Please refer to Week 9 WebQuest Class Schedule
This project is required to be made in Google Sites
What?
Design and
publish a WebQuest for your future classes. Through teamwork you
are expected to master both content/subject matter and the technical
skills involved so that you can make good use of WebQuest in your own teaching.
This
course project can be a a joint project with your Social Studies
and/or Science Courses.
Your WebQuest's content can be based on the requirements of one of the following courses' projects:
Dr. Lin Lin's EDU375 Social Studies WebQuest Project
Dr.
Susan Stratton's EDU374 Science Project Web
Inquiry Assignment #4; Newly revised!!!
Dr. Beth Klein's EDU374 Sciece Project with Wolf Journal WebQuest Project and Dr. Klein's Mar.07 message to the class;
Or you can design a WebQuest based on your own innovative ideas.
How?
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Form a group of 2-3 people (3 maximum). You should
appoint one as the teamwork coordinator.
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Brainstorm project ideas by browsing the WebQuest
Rationale on the resources page of the Rationale, by understanding
the joint course project requirements, or by searching other resources
from the internet and then deciding the content/title of your project;
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Make a sketch of the design of your whole WebQuest
website with pencil and paper.
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Phase I of the project: set up
the frame for your WebQuest in your ePortfolio by creating each
page - with a title on the page itself and the correct page title
(Shown on the blue bar at the top of the window).
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Phase II of the project: add content to the webpages
of your WebQuest project in accordance with the Social Studies
and Science courses.
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Phase III Wrap it up and publish the whole WebQuest
to your Cortland web account.
Technical Requirements
Table and vertical
navigation scheme skills are required.
Reminder:
each team member needs to have all the files of the WebQuest in his or her own web folder. You will not get
full credit if a person in your team only put a link to another member's webquest project.
Evaluation
1. Your WebQuest will be evaluated based on the following Rubric.
Item |
Exemplary |
Adequate |
Inadequate |
Total Points |
Objectives |
Has clear objectives that are relevant to the lesson |
Has some clear objectives that are relevant to the lesson |
May not have clear objectives or they may not be relevant to the lesson |
2
point |
Intended audience |
Appropriate for the intended audience |
Mostly appropriate for the intended audience |
May not be entirely appropriate for the intended audience |
2
point |
WebQuest components |
Includes all or most components at a high quality |
Includes all or many components at an acceptable quality level |
May include most or all components and some to a poor quality level |
2
points |
Technical elements |
Good Design using vertical navigation; all links (images included) work perfectly |
Some efforts in design. Links work well |
No efforts in design; broken links |
2 points |
Annotation |
Reflects your learning experince in addition to following the guidelines for annotation |
Some efforts in reflecting |
Superficial |
2 point |
Total |
|
|
|
10
points |
Acknowledgement: this rubric is adapted from Dr. Elizabeth Klein's WebQuest rubric.
2. Give Some Thoughts to Your WebQuest Project - Avoid Just Going Skin-Deep
"A WebQuest is a scaffolded learning structure that uses links to essential resources on the World Wide Web and an authentic task to motivate students' investigation of a central, open-ended question, development of individual expertise and participation in a final group process that attempts to transform newly acquired information into a more sophisticated understanding. The best WebQuests do this in a way that inspires students to see richer thematic relationships, facilitate a contribution to the real world of learning and reflect on their own metacognitive processes." (An extended definition of WebQuest by Tom Marsh).
When you develop your WebQuest project, keep the following expectations in mind:
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What pedagogical strategies are employed in your WebQuest?
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In what ways is the WebQuest taking advantage of technology?
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In what ways is it "change without difference"?
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Technically, does it work? Does it have bugs or flaws?
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How would you improve your WebQuest project?
3. Surviving Aids:
Visit
your peers' work at the Showcase 2006
Spring:
Seth's
WebQuest Group Project
Dinae's Group even made their WebQuest Interactive (click
the link at the bottom of the page)
Due date: In accordance with the joint course project due date.
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This page was last updated on
Jan. 15, 2009
For comments or questions contact
Dr. Shufang Shi
shis@cortland.edu