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WebQuest Evaluation

-- Which two of example WebQuests listed below are the best ones? Why?
The two sites I think are the best are Grow Schools Green and Unraveling the Underground Railroad. 
I like Grow Schools Green because it is an easy site to navigate through. It has good examples and the directions are well written out. It offers a lot of good tips about the plant growing process.
I think that Unraveling the Underground Railroad is a good site because it has good information, and is well laid out. The information given is easy to understand, and is an important part of our history. 





- Which two are the worst? Why?
The two that I think are the worst are "Where is My Hero?" and Ancient Egyptian. 
I think that the Hero site is just not laid out very, and it is basically just your own opinion. There are no facts, and no real information. 
The Egyptians site is pretty boring to look at, just blah and boring information. The site is a little difficult to navigate. 




- What do best and worst mean to you?
To me, best means that this is an ideal WebQuest site. It has good information and is laid out well. It keeps my interest while I'm learning from the site. Not boring. 


A WebQuest site that I think would be the worst would be one that is boring, with little or no color or animation. It's not easy to navigate through the site, and provides either no, or little factual information.

Top Ten Video Questions

     -Does this activity differ from much of the activities you engaged during your K-12 education? How? or How not? Give examples.

             When I was younger, I would do research projects similar to this, but not with this amount of technology. We would get all of the information from the library, textbooks, and magazines.  After we gathered the information, we put the information that we gathered on a poster board. 

     - Is your learning style addressed in this activity? How? Give me an example.

          

           Yes, it relates to my learning style. I now use the internet for nearly all of my research. I like the way this site used a visual medium, and then gave information about the subject. I am a visual learner, so to be able to see what is being talked about makes it much easier for me to learn.

      - This project was implemented without the use of textbooks. Are you surprised? Are you interested in teaching in a similar way when yo become a teacher?

         No, in today's world I am not surprised that textbooks weren't used. With technology available to us today, it makes it faster and easier to find information about practically anything you want. 

           I would most definitely be interested in using technology for my classrooms. Researching on the internet keeps the students interested by making that technological connection with them. The future is heading toward a more technology based society, so we must be able to prepare the kids to adapt to the new technology and understand how to use it. 

     - What are your concerns and what do you anticipate as being barriers?

        My concerns would be keeping the kids off of sites that are inappropriate, or have false information. We need to ensure that they know what to look for to find credible sites.  There is also a lot of distractions readily available on the internet, so we need to trust that the kids will stay focused on the work and not get side-tracked onto something else.