Right now we are examining webquests in my Part 3 library course. I consider myself pretty techie, but I have yet to fully explore this type of resource. Last year I ran a class of Grade 3's through an amazing pioneer webquest which can be found at:
http://www.projects.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/pioneer/home_eng.htm
I had every intention of exploring them more, but somehow it just fell to the wayside. Now that I am at a new school I hope to have more students go through them. They can be difficult to convince teachers to use as they can be time consuming, but the students really enjoy them.
I have stumbled upon another collection of webquests from the Yukon that seem to be pretty good. The one about Bears (aimed at Grade One) even has student project examples at the end using Kidspiration. I know our Grade ones do a research project in May, and this gave me an idea about approaching the teachers about a different way to present. Here is the link:
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquest_collection.html
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I too am looking at Webquests. I think that this is a great resource! Unfortunately, we sometimes cannot access a computer lab. It's frustrating as a teacher to have all of these great resources available, but NO computer!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the Yukon site. I'll check it out,
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I too loved the site from the Yukon. It had many different quests and I spent a good deal of time going over them. I'm just like a big kid at the candy store, having fun!
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