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This week in Doc Waters class we continued working on our webquests! We began to focus on more of the steps and parts of a webquests since the week before we had gone over the ways we can use a webquest as a teacher and what a webquest really is. The first part of a webquest is an Introduction. An introduction, sets the stage and provides background information. It provides an overview of what type of question or subject the student will face in the certain webquest. It is often written as a scenario. The next part of a webquest is called the Task. The task is the part of the webquest that must be accomplished to successfully finish the webquest, It is what the students will be doing. Another part that can be used in webquest is refered to as an Information Source. These are sources needed for the student to complete the task. It gives links to use in order to complete the WebQuest. It's important that the sources used in the WebQuest meet the student's information needs. Not only will these help the student finish the task right but this also keeps the learner from wandering through the web unsupervised. The next part of a Webquest is the process. This is a description of the process the student goes through in accomplishing the task. It is broken down into clearly described steps. Guiding questions and directions also need to be used in order to have a successful webquest. Next in line, usually comes the evaluation. This usually involves the students evaluating themselves to see how well they did while participating in the webquest. Last but not least comes the conclusion, this is an overview of what the student learned from participating in the webquest it helps the student remember what they learned.

I think Webquests are a fun activity for students of all ages. They seem to teach a subject well and organized. It also is a great opportunity for students to work in groups and interact with one antoher. I know that I will at sometime in my future as a teacher incorporate webquests into my students lessons.

This week for the video portion of our blog i watched a youtube video on the water cycle. I think it would be a very useful video for an elementary school teacher because it went through the steps of how our water cycle works and I think that if the students had the chance to watch it, it would really help glue the concept in their heads. I remember learning about the water cycle in school but i didn't learn it to the point that i could know it exactly off the top of my head. I think it was a cute fun video for remembering it!