Webquest

===A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners’ time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners’ thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.===

WebQuest Definition Recording:

===I created a WebQuest on Famous People: Inventors, Presidents, and Authors. This will be used by first grade students at the end of the year to prepare them for further exploration into technology and research processes. With this WebQuest students will work collaboratively in a group to research a inventor, president, or author provided on the WebQuest. Next, they will complete a graphic organizer in order to record what they have found to later use when creating a presentation using Powerpoint, Audacity for a podcast, video presentation, or informational poster. They will use provided websites that mostly are kid friendly and easy to use to complete the graphic organizer. In the past, the students have used printed text to locate this information and pre-printed internet resources for their reseach projects.===

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=Reflection:=

===At first, this assignment intimidated and frustrated me. I wasn't sure how to create something useful to me in my classroom and almost felt it was wasted time creating something I might never be able to use. Once I started creating the WebQuest; I was intrigued by the possibility of my students actually using it. I tried to think about what I already do this close to the end of the year and how I could differentiate my groups so that everyone had a "high," "average," and "below average" student in their group and each of those students had a task they could complete in the group. I am going to try to complete this task in my class this year and expect to have difficulties and make changes to it so it is more functional to my students next year. I found this assignment beneficial in the end and really useful to me for the future. I really enjoyed it and hope to create more WebQuests in the future.===