EDU221WebQuestOverview

We will work on WebQuests all semester. You will learn what a WebQuest is, experience learning something through a WebQuest, critique existing WebQuests, and discover how and why they are effective. In the end, you will create your own WebQuest based on your Unit that you are designing in Dr. Grace's class.

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**//What is a WebQuest//**

 * * You experienced the [|MEL WebQuest]
 * Introduction to the concept of WebQuest ||

//**Writing/Designing a WebQuest**//

 * * How long does it take to make a WebQuest?
 * Turning your Stage 2 into a WebQuest task
 * Improving your rubrics--both content and layout (and why time limits are good for presentations)
 * Creating the student sample
 * A good conclusion is hard to find
 * Writing the Process section (including finding resources)
 * Finding and Evaluating Internet resources ||

//**Technical Aspects of Creating a WebQuest**//

 * * UMF sample WebQuests to look at content and layout/design
 * Gathering graphics and resources
 * Using Google Sites
 * Backing up your Google Site
 * Compressing your WebQuest folder into a zip file ||

=//Assessment//= Your WebQuest will be assessed using the point guide below. = = =//Self-Evaluation//= When your WebQuest is done, you will be asked to complete a self-evaluation. It is actually contained in the assessment tool above. Next to the point value for each criteria is a place for you to put your self-assessment of that criteria and any notes justifying your assessment. There are questions on the second page. Save your completed self-evaluation as a .pdf file and rename it by adding your first name (e.g., MahildabobWebQuestAssessmentTool.pdf). Check the agenda for submission procedures (email it, post it,...) and deadlines.
 * Inherent in the assessment description for the Process section are the criteria discussed in class and used in the peer evaluation of your Process section.
 * Inherent in the assessment description for the Conclusion section are the criteria used in class when your team evaluated good and bad conclusions.

=//Standards//= Maine Common Core Teaching Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11.1b, 11.2a, 11.2c, 11.4a, and 11.4b 11.4a and 11.4b: Complete attributions in all areas (photo credits, information sources, rubric design sources, etc.) are displayed in all aspects of the WebQuest (modeling) and are a required component of the WebQuest itself in the Evaluation portion. Additionally, the Process section includes expectations of digital citizenship.

=//Fans//= Remember that when you put something on the web, anyone in the world can see it. Check out this email from a teacher in North Carolina to Cheyanne (spring 2008) that she was going to use Cheyanne's WebQuest. Below that is an email from a teacher in Cincinnati to Dean Yardley at UMF about Audra's WebQuest from spring 2007:

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:19:43 -0400 From: lavonna.felton Subject: Vegetarian Gardener Webquest To: cheyanne.o

Hello Ms. Ouellette,

My name is LaVonna Felton and I am interested in using your Vegetarian Gardener Webquest as a project for my 8th grade Algebra class. We are working on polynomials and I found your project online. I wanted to know if you could send me a copy of the presentation rubric and project rubric because the links are not working on the webquest. It would be greatly appreciated. I would like to thank you advance for the information.

LaVonna Felton 8th grade Math Lead Teacher Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina

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Subject: FW: excellent student project Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:46:06 -0500 From: "Katherine Yardley" To: Audra W.

Hi Audra, I wanted to share this complimentary e-mail with you. Congratulations on a job well-done!

Best wishes,

Kathy Katherine W. Yardley, Dean College of Education, Health and Rehabilitation University of Maine at Farmington

-Original Message- From: Sheryl Melvin Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:37 PM To: kyardley Subject: excellent student project

Dear Dean Yardley:

I teach 6th graders in the suburbs of Cincinnati. Not wishing to re-invent the wheel, I did a web search for a quality project for my students to use in conjunction with Wilson Rawls' novel, //Where the Red Fern Grows//. I came across a WebQuest designed by Audra Whitney, apparently a student at your school.

I was hoping you could pass along my gratitude to her. Her work is professional and usable. I particularly appreciate the "credits" section, often absent in online projects.

[|http://students.umf.maine.edu/~whitneal/greatdepressionwebquest/index.html]

Sincerely,

Sheryl Melvin Mariemont Elementary School Cincinnati, Ohio