WebQuest

ASSIGNMENT

You need to decide on the topic and task of your WebQuest so you can start looking for resources and further developing your process and task. Leave a comment for the instructor with your WebQuest topic and task. The instructor will leave a comment concerning the viability of the topic and task.

Last week you submitted the topic and task associated with the WebQuest that you will develop. The fully developed WebQuest is due Week Six. That seems like a long time but will go quickly. You need to take time each week to find quality Web resources associated with your topic and task and begin more fully developing the exact requirements of the task and process.

Whatever process you decide to use to develop the WebQuest, such as, organizing your material in a Word document, is fine. The final submission of your WebQuest will be using the zWebQuest feature at zunal.com. You should go to @http://www.zunal.com, setup an account, and become familiar with the process of creating the 'final product' that will be available to your students when you use the WebQuest with your class.  Your WebQuest will need to be completed this week using zWebQuest at zunal.com. Once you complete your WebQuest, you will need to complete  the WebQuest self-evaluation (next week) and include the information as part of the Applied Technology in Education Portfolio (next week).

You have completed your WebQuest using zWebQuest at zunal.com. Congratulations! The WebQuest is part of the Applied Technology in Education Portfolio.  You will need to create a page on your  Applied Technology in Education   Portfolio wiki that highlights the process you went though to determine your WebQuest topic and task, why this topic is relevant to you, and a reflection on your development of a WebQuest.

Your Portfolio page should include a title, the description of a WebQuest with the audio recording (week 2 assignment), a link to The WebQuest Page, a description of your WebQuest, a link to your WebQuest on the zunal.com site, your process for determining the topic and task, why this topic is relevant to you, and your reflection.

MY PROCESS

To determine the topic of my WebQuest was kinda difficult. I wanted the topic to be related to the content area that I teach in. I teach in Business Education. There are alot of WebQuests out there related to my content area and I use several of them in my classes throughout the year. So I decided that there was one area that we cover but never used a WebQuest for and that was helping students find the right college for them. So that became my WebQuest topic. This topic is relevant to my content area and alot of students are really confused by the college process and the WebQuest was designed to try and simplify the process.

DESCRIPTION OF A WEBQUEST

For those of you who may not know what a WebQuest is the following description has been provided to you: media type="file" key="ScaffoldingActivityJessicaJScott.mp3"

MY WEBQUEST

As stated earlier, my WebQuest topic was finding a college. The title of my WebQuest is How to Choose a College. In this WebQuest students will be required to complete an interest questionnaire. After submitting the questionnaire students will be provided with a list of colleges that suit their interests. They will then complete research on the colleges, narrow their choices down to 2, complete a pro/con list on the 2 top choices and then based on the pro/con list select one college to go to if they had to choose today and explain why. A link to my WebQuest has been provided:

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REFLECTION

This was a hard assignment for me to complete. I struggled coming up with a topic and then struggled to design the WebQuest. I have never developed a WebQuest before and I wasn't very comfortable doing so. I didn't want to over complicate the task or the processes but I didn't want it to be too simplistic either. I tried to find a balance between the two and I think I did a pretty good job. To me the WebQuest needed to be user friendly and something that students could go and do on their own with little to know supervision or questions. To me that is a good, effective WebQuest. This assignment definitely took me out of my comfort zone and tested my creativity. I think I would like to try and create and develop some more WebQuests in the future. It would be neat to see what my fellow teachers would think of them. I also think having the rubric to evaluate your work is beneficial and a good tool to use for self-evaluation.