The following website shows an example of what a bad webquest looks like.
http://questgarden.com/126/02/8/110504171414/index.htm
I feel that webquest was done very poorly or has not been completed. The introduction to the quest gives poor if any background knowledge but does at least tell the students what to expect from the webquest. I liked the task as working as reporters to explain the four major causes of World War I: militarism, nationalism, imperialism, and alliances. Yet I did not like that they also had to do a graphic organizer that connected the causes, the connection is the war itself. I feel like the task does not match with the introduction to create a graphic organizer that is "eye catching", why does the graphic organizer need to be eye catching? If you want something eye catching, then create a poster to demonstrate the causes of World War I instead. As for the process I was disappointed. There was a video that discussed the causes of WWI yet the video started with ads, wasting precious class time, and if you tried to forward through the video it would have to be reloaded, plus the video was not the most informative. The next link on the webquest took you to a website that had all sorts of categories an websites to go to, which would not allow students to complete this webquest in one period, perhaps three would be sufficient. The next part of the process is to read three handouts, that are not offered to be viewed, meaning that anyone using this webquest would have to create their own handouts or forget them altogether. The conclusion, evaluation, and credits were ok, but the teacher page had blanks in every category, making it useless to even have a teacher page. So overall the webquest needs a lot of work.
I would definitly agree with you that this is not a complete webquest. I don't think any teacher would pick this because the teacher page is blank. The colors and setup are bad but lack of images. There was also a feedback link which I haven't seen on others that I think is a good idea. It starts good in the introduction but then falls apart.
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of this webquest. At first glance, the colors are awkward together. I like WWI but this did not hold my interest. It seems more like an in class project put online rather than a webquest. A webquest would involve outside resources that would allow students to think critically about the war but this was based off of their homework and teachertube. It seems lazy and incomplete.
ReplyDeleteNOT COMPLETE! This WebQuest needs a lot of work for students to truly learn. It looks as if it was done by a student with no knowledge of what WebQuest are. The teacher page is blank, some links were inappropriate for students to learn from and is just overall poor. I do not like that there are handouts from pervious classes used due to it being on the WEB, although it does invoke the learning cycle so I cant hate on it too much.
ReplyDeletethis looks rushed and is pretty much useless. the blanks and lack of media make it a waste of time for anyone looking to learn anything from it.
ReplyDeleteI love that this author left most of the teacher pages blank---good job Mr. Lazy! All right! They must not be being scored on that aspect for their own class that they did this for---I say this because I am confident that a student created this page, and not a professional educator. You found a great example for us to definitely not imitate or follow.
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