Week 7 WebQuest
- Phase I Understanding
the Concepts and Get the Project Started
To
do this week
1.
Understand the definition and rationale of Webquest
WebQuest: What
is it? What is the rationale?
2.
Understand your Webquest Project: Project #4
The WebQuest project will be a collaborative project with Dr. Lin Lin's EDU375 Social Science; Dr. Susan Stratton's EDU374 Science; and Dr. Beth Klein's EDU374 Sciece. Details are listed in the Project #4 page.
3.
Tackle the Techinical Part: web design using tables and vertical
navigation scheme
We are
going to use vertical navigation through applying table skills in
web design.
Review
Week 2: Web Design Basics
Learn
by your self: an
online audio-visual tutorial on table skills
An example: An
Insect's Perspective (Featured Projects, Grades K-2)
More examples: webquest
projects by your peers: an exemplary webQuest by
Jessica Hill's group. Dinae's WebQuest Group even created an
intereactive Task Page. And more examples from the links to the Showcase on the left navigation bar. To find the WebQuest projects examples, go to individual ePorfolios,
find their Technology Projects pages, and then click the links to their
WebQuest projects.
Surviving aids: Technical: A
Design Template ; Content/another example:
http://www.bestwebquests.com/.
Click examples of different subjects. Here are some examples from the
above BestWebQuest link:
History and Social Sciences:
What
Makes Someone Great? Or go directly to the site: http://www.vickiwright.com/wq/index.htm
Social
Security: A New Challenge for the 21st Century. Or go directly
to the site: http://drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/soc_sec/
Sciences
Breaking
News... Reporting From the Edge of Disaster Or go directly to
the site: http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/itech/webquests/su2003elem/ringgenberg/greencomicsans/index.html
Destination
Unknown (A webquest for 3rd grade Science) Or go directly to
the site: http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/itech/webquests/su2003elem/colbert/skyarial/index.html
A
Balancing Act - Sharing Our World With the Grizzly Bear Or go directly
to the site: http://kingedward.epsb.ca/grizzlywebquest/
Raging
Waters! (for Secondary Earth Science) Or go directly to the site: http://drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/RagingWaters/
4.
Doing the webquest project in groups: Project Phase I
Phase I:
Set up the frame of your WebQuest website; have a preliminary plan
for your WebQuest project-decide your project title and the content.
5. Q & A
For
Next Week
Keep working
on your WebQuest