Continuing WebQuests and Work on Websites

In our last session students split back into their WebQuest groups and presented their collaborative efforts to the class. We each got to view what other groups accomplished within their page design, idea, and execution of their WebQuest. It was fun and informative to see what other groups had come up with and how creative they had been. Once we all viewed the WebQuests and discussed ways in which they could all be improved, we went back into our individual website pages and linked our homepage to our personal wiki and WebQuest. We were assigned the task of writing an introduction to each before the class next meets. Next, we split into groups of two and completed another type of WebQuest called a curriculum connection. In this task the groups completed a simulation project in order to participate and see exactly what we would all be creating next. We each had to pick and research a rock or mineral and answer a series of questions about it. The questions we each had to answer were the same and we were all given the same list of websites to visit in order to find the needed research to complete the task. Once this was completed, the class was once again assigned to groups of two and given intructions to come up with their very own curriculum connection before the next class session. Because there are an odd number of students within the class and I am the only art major, I was assigned to work solo. While this will be a little extra challenging, I look forward to the experience and hope I can one day use my curriculum connection with my own students.