I chose to pick webquests from the elementary section. I read through all five of my choices and thought they were all fairly good. The one I picked to be the best was Unraveling the Underground Railroad. I really enjoyed the set up with the tabs on the side. A few of them had those but that is something I really liked about. The colors and pictures make the site interesting and kids will be able to capture the feelings and understand what they are learning. I think this makes for a good webquest because the teacher presents the students with a good process and gives them the information they need to succeed at the project they are working on. I think the requirements make it interesting and role play is always a good way to teach subjects.
The webquest that I wasn't too impressed with was Ancient Egypt. I thought it was poorly put together and I think appearance has a lot to do with how well the students are going to engage themselves in the project. Also, another thing i noticed that I did not like was how the teacher wrote "they do not need to be complete sentences at this point" then later into it wanted complete sentences. I think it would be smart to just start out with complete sentences. I think mainly the appearance is what through me off with this webquest. I think appearance is important and younger children will be more interested in something with more color and images.
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