WebQuest

Today we worked with a site called WebQuest which I have never heard of. WebQuest works much like any online sites, where students are encouraged to collaborate and problem-solve together. This type of learning is very hands-on and engaging for the students. The WebQuests sites is a very useful tool for any teacher to find activities that can be used inside there classroom. During class we did an activity that involved evaluating certain WebQuest that pertain to our area. Each role was different and was suppose to look for a different characteristic of the sites. My role was Technophile. The other evaluators were Altitudinist, Efficiency Expert, Affilator.

As the Technophile my job was to look at the sites layouts and color schemes and basically see if it was visually appealing. I found out quick that if it was not visual appealing that it did not matter what the information was, It was not a good site. The Efficiency Expert made sure everything was organized in a way information was easy to attain for the reader. The Altitudinist looked deeper into the content and made sure everything was spelled right to using higher level thinking information. Finally the Affilator made sure the activities were best for students working together in groups, as well as being educational and relating to the site.

The "roles" that each member of my team are really things I must look at for each site I find that I want to put in front of my students. I realize that just because it looks good does not mean that the information is good and efficient or even stimulating. Overall I though this project was a great one because it gave us a chance to be a critic and learn how to evaluate what a website should look as well as how we should plan our own educational websites when we make them.