WebQuest

WebQuest about WebQuests Worksheet

Print this page out and use it to jot down notes while you examine each site. Remember to stay in character as you examine the sites and don't compare notes until you get back with your four-person group.

Your Role

___Efficiency Expert

___Affiliator

___Altitudinist

X Technophile

Your Impressions

WebQuest	Strengths	Weaknesses
Grow School Greens	·         Tons of animated gifs ·         Appealing colors ·         Ideas for use of Microsoft	·         No links to outside websites ·         Boring layout
Where is My Hero?	·         Appealing colors ·         Links for outside websites ·         Many colorful images	·         No gifs ·         The task is not technology friendly
Underground Railroad	·         Related images ·         Links for outside websites ·         Uses technology in the Task	·         Not so appealing colors ·         No gifs
Ice Cream	·         Bright and appealing colors ·         Colorful images ·         Website links ·         Technology related Task ·         Feedback web area	·         No animated gifs
Ancient Egypt	·         Interesting layout ·         Interactive layout ·         Many outside web links ·         Ideas for internet research	·         Boring colors ·         Not very many pictures ·         No gifs ·         Hard to read

Bernie Dodge, Department of Educational Technology, SDSU

1.  Which two of example WebQuests listed below are the best ones? Why? The Underground Railroad and The Ice Cream WebQuests were the best because they both matched all four guidelines really well.

2.  Which two are the worst? Why? Grow School Greens and Ancient Egypt were the worst WebQuests because they barely followed the guidelines and weren’t appealing to children at all.

3.  What do best and worst mean to you? To qualify as the best, the Webquest could not waste time, they encourage teamwork, they induce higher level thinking, and they should be appealing to the eye- both technologically and physically.