Well I have successfully finished my first WebQuest of my teaching career and I believe that it will not be my last. After watching the intro videos, provided by Dr. Luongo, I thought that this was going to be an easy step-by-step assignment without the headache, but at times I became rather frustrated.
The WebQuests, like many other multimedia creations over the past few years, takes some time to get adjusted. I was unsure of how the various topics on the left-hand side of the page would coincide with the finished WebQuest itself. One aspect that was confusing for me was the Teacher and Student pages. The introductory videos did not explain the similarities and differences between the two pages (if they did, I was unaware). Another facet of the WebQuest that is in need of improvement are the text boxes. I found, at times, words would be connected without spaces, even if the space bar was used. In addition to this, when copying text from Microsoft Word, the spacing issue occurred again. Lastly, my grading rubric was used from a Microsoft Word document and it would not load properly. The student must scroll down to see the rubric, even though I tried everything to avoid this. Did anyone else run into these problems?
On the positive note, I was pleasantly surprised and proud of the finished WebQuest product. I believe that WebQuests can be a major asset to any classroom, regardless of the grade level. Teachers do not hear that much these days. There are very few tools that can be used in a first grade classroom as well as a tenth grade classroom. I was also very impressed with the reading level that was provided for the teacher.
I believe that with more polish, WebQuests could successfully be implemented in my classroom. Does anyone believe that WebQuests could not be used in their classrooms? I am interested in hearing your thoughts. Look forward to seeing all of your WebQuests in the future.
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I agree with you 100% ! I also just finished my WebQuest and like you it won't be my last one. I am trying mine with my students next week! Also like you feel that Quest Garden web site needs to make some adjustments not only in the information they provide , but on the editing tools. I was not able to insert any clip art to my page because the links they gave would not work. In conclusion I got it done I feel is great and will know better when my kids work on it if it was worth all the trouble.
Thank you for your posting, Mark.
As always, you bring up some good points and questions.
I look forward to seeing who responds and what they say.
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