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