WQConclusionContest

Nominees for the Best WebQuest Conclusion Ever //"A good conclusion is hard to find." //
 * ==WebQuest== || ==Conclusion== || ==Nomination Rationale== || ==Nominator== ||
 * [|Youth Gang WebQuest] || Gangs, as your research shows, are not new. Sources say that they go back as far as 19th century Victorian London, portrayed as Fagan's pickpockets by Dickens in Oliver Twist.(To access a list of novels featuring gangs, click here for Youth Gang Novels.) Other sources say they go back farther, perhaps to the 1700s. Certainly, gangs were active in Oklahoma in the 1960s.

At 16, S. E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders about gangs in Tulsa. Like the girl who wrote the "Dear Abby" letter, Hinton wrote to express her concern for the teenagers in her neighborhood, a "greaser" neighborhood. It was " . . . the cold-blooded beating of a friend of mine that gave me the idea of writing a book."2

In writing her novel, S. E. Hinton created something that continues to persuade teenagers to think carefully about their choices. "It floors me what that book seems to have done for people. I get letters from kids who say it made them think twice about what they are doing to other people. Or that it gives them a reason to hang on."3

Working on this WebQuest, you focused your creative talents and techniques for a similar purpose. You crafted the impact of your words and designed the visual appeal of your media to persuade young teenagers to stay out of gangs.

Can you identify when other writers use those same techniques on you? In advertising? In editorials? In promotional literature? On TV? In the classroom?

Can you apply these same efforts to other social problems and affect real change in your community? || The reason I am nominating this conclusion for best conclusion ever is that it is the culmination of an entire WebQuest that happens to promote real world action throughout, and is very relevant to the challenges and struggles that we as a society face when Gang Violence is a reality. The conclusion is not a gloss-over; it does not let the messages of the WebQuest fade out and have the student go "gently into that goodnight" so to speak. Instead, it encourages real change, and it encourages proactivity. These things are the most important techniques people must use in their lives. || Tim from Block 1, Fall 2010 ||

Nominees for the Worst WebQuest Conclusion Ever
 * ==WebQuest== || ==Conclusion== || ==Nomination Rationale== || ==Nominator== ||
 * [|Probability: The Chances of Winning the Lottery] || After you have completed your research you will need to form you own opinion on whether or not you think playing the lottery is in your favor. From there you will need to type all your information up and put together a four page report.

That report must include four different websites that you used to help you in determining the probability of the Pa lottery. The main part of the report will be what you have learned about probabilty from doing this project. || (NOTE: This WebQuest was nominated for worst WebQuest ever, including the conclusion being nominated for this contest.) I believe this WebQuest deserves this title because it does not take the students out of the classroom. There is no real world role and there is no audience. The conclusion includes more work, which is to write a boring report. Who wants to do that? This WebQuest does not sound fun. || Charli from Block 2, Fall 2010 || Go to the Hall of Elements*. Go to the Review Test*. || I picked this conclusion because it pretty much just says congratulations. It asks students to do more work after the end of the WebQuest. The conclusion did say something about the task, but it didn't make any clear link between the task and the real world. || Justin from Block 2, Fall 2010 || Thanks for coming along. Our trip's been real bonzers, but it's time to call it quits. Be careful leaving our ship now that you're back to your normal size. Come back real soon! || I thought this conclusion was terrible! It does conclude the WebQuest however, it is more of a goodbye from Steve Iriwin, the guide who takes students through the steps of the WebQuest. It doesn't seem very thought provoking to me at all, its very hokey and there is no effort to encourage me to delve deeper into the topic. || Courtney from Block 1, Fall 2010 || The members of your group have to decide what type of product to provide, your choices are As far as we know, Yrotsih is physically just like Earth in every way. As an observer, what advise will you give to King Starbelt? Your project should include: An explanation of the... //(and it goes on and on and even has more typos and grammatical errors in it)// || It's all another task for students to do. It doesn't do anything you told us makes a good conclusion, and it does everything you told us makes a bad conclusion. It is the Worst Conclusion. || Ben from Block 1, Fall 2010 ||
 * [|Designer Products] || Congratulations you have just created a new organism! Hopefully your new "friend" can help you around the office or the laboratory. Or at least is something cool you can show off to all your friends. || I feel as though this was a terrible conclusion because it did not even attempt to relate the task with real world applications or even draw any kind of conclusion. This makes the entire WebQuest seem weak and irrelevant. || Jenn from Block 2, Fall 2010 ||
 * [|Geometry in Real Life] || At the end of the project, you will have developed a scale model of a historical monument (complete with historical references and presentation), analyzed the measurements of them in the second and third dimension, and gained a level of financial numeracy. || I have nominated this conclusion for worst WebQuest conclusion, because it only provides a recap of what they students know they did during the process (developed a model and analyzed them). This conclusion is lacking any sense of posing ideas for students to think about for further understanding. || Kaitlyn from Block 2, Fall 2010 ||
 * [|The Hall of Elements] || Congratulations! You've put together an amazing set of exhibits and are well prepared to introduce our alien visitors to the wonders of matter in our universe.
 * [|The Great Cell WebQuest] || //(note: be sure to read this in your best Australian accent, Crocodile Hunter voice)// Well, mate, I hope you've learned how important cells really are. Ya' just can't live without them! You should have learned about and drawing pictures of those important organelles.
 * [|Bad to the Bone WebQuest: The Skeletal System] || By following the sites you have now become an expert on the Human Skeletal System, Joints and how they work. || This conclusion was extremely brief and is not at all engaging or interesting. The reader has no idea what the audience is,what their role is,and it doesn't encourage any further thinking. || Kasey from Block 1, Fall 2010 ||
 * [|How did scientist (sic) come to understand Global Climate Change?] || Now that you have done some research, what can you tell planet Yrotsih?
 * A 3-5 minute movie
 * A power point presentation
 * A graphic (like a poster or timeline)