WebQuest

Role: Technophile

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Your Impressions

WebQuest	Strengths	Weaknesses
Grow School Greens	Has lots of cool digital effects and bright, glowing colors. I really like the moving, animated icons.	Does not require a lot of web search. They research the plants but most of it is hands on
Where is My Hero?	Has a lot of color to it and has a variety of different images throughout the presentation. It also requires students to use technology to research their topics.	It requires the students to present a handmade poster, which I feel it should be made online with cool effects. Using tools like Word on the computer could create a really neat poster that a student might not be able to make handmade.
Underground Railroad	This article requires for students to search the Web and read articles online. It incorporates technology in the learning process. This article also has several appropriate clip arts and images.	This presentation lacks in its appearance compared to the other articles. Instead of bright, extravagant colors and text, the colors are dull and not too appealing.
Ice Cream	Has a bright pink color that quickly attracts the eye. It also has a bunch of appealing pictures of ice cream that also catch the attention of the view. It also uses different style fonts and shows creativity. This article also requires students to search the Web and look at links of how to make ice cream	Even though there is some Web usage, most of this project requires students to fill out a worksheet instead of using the Web. Also most of the process is all hands on and no technology is used.
Ancient Egypt	Has some neat images of hieroglyphics that are appropriate to the lesson. It also requires a lot of technology usage as students are required to make their own projects on creative products like Pixie. Allows students to create using digital tools.	Does not use many colors and has a very plain appearance.

Best WebQuests:

Grow School Greens: This WebQuest was one of the better ones because it was very colorful and expressive through out the whole presentation. It used a lot of different style fonts, images, and animated cartoons to appropriately display the topic of discussion.  Even though it didnt require a lot of Web usage overall as a whole it was a very appealing project.

Ice Cream: This article I also thought was one of the better projects because it used bright colors and tasty images to attract the reader to bring them in to doing the project. It also calls for students to find recipes and use the web to find other helpful resources to assist them in making ice cream.

Worst WebQuests: 

Underground Railroad: I thought this was one of the worst WebQuests because it was very unappealing. It used dark, dull colors and did not attract the reader's attention. It was not very expressive and used the same font for most of the presentation. It was very bland compared to some of the others.

Ancient Egypt: Like the Underground Railroad, the Ancient Egypt was also one of the worst WebQuests in my opinion. It was so plain, the least appealing out of the five. The project was all white with black font with just a few purple hieroglyphics. Had no attraction or "life" to it. It look unprepared and unprofessional.

What does the best and the worst mean to me?
The best to me means that student took a lot of time on the assignment and devoted much effort into it. I expect the finished product to be very appealing to the eye with images, bright colors, fonts, and an overall layout displaying the information. I also think a project is at its best when students are suppose to heavily engage themselves into digital tools and use technology to assist them in their learning process. The product should be well designed, symmetrical, and organized.

The worst means that the students simply just typed what was needed without adding their own sense of personality and creativity. The final product is plain and simple with little effort on their part. The presentation lacks basic aspects like design, layout, and color that would better strengthen the overall appearance. I also think the project is bad if it does not incorporate much usage of digital tools throughout the lesson.

As a group, which one did you agree was the best? Which one did you think was the worst? As a group we felt that the ice cream presentation was the best because it allowed creativity and caused students to be engaged through out the process. The presentation was colorful and very well done. Overall it was the most developed and intriguing.

We thought as a group that the worst WebQuest was the Ancient Egyptian presentation. It was very plain and dull and did not attract attention. It didn't apply a lot of work or creativity that allowed a student to engage in. It was very simple and was not as developed as some of the others.