A Work In Progress

I am surely fortunate that I have had some experience in WebQuest design. Template arrangement and hyperlinking have been quite easy. Now my focus is on learning objectives and interactive websites. What I am doing differently however is that I am trying to incorporate video access for my students. I believe the students will be more interested in the given task if I stimulate their visual perceptions of Greek mythology.

On another note, I learned that despite my school's firewall, I am still able to save the sites to the desktop for use even without Internet access - something I did not feel was possible. This will serve as valuable information when I finish the project and have students access the WebQuest for years to come!

I Can't Cover Everything by Myself!

I have recently discovered that a WebQuest will be an awesome tool to cover material that I have not been able to reach this semester. Currently, I have spent quite a bit of the beginning of this year teaching Greek myths but at the cost of having to limit the number of stories. For some reason, I get too caught up on just a handful of stories, and I can't get to as many as I would like. There are simply too many to choose from and so little time.

To solve this minor problem, I have decided to create a Greek Mythology WebQuest. My objective is to design a basic storage facility for students to activate in order to expand their knowledge on the content. I think it's a perfect idea, especially since I've mentioned that they get to help me pick activities and visuals online.

Hopefully, I will be able to work on my fourth quarter theme, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." But for now, I'll just focus on one at a time.

A closer look

This week's assignment is to explore sample WebQuests, so that I may gather necessary information in order to design my very own with ease. However, I find myself more confused than when I started because of the vastness of possibilities. I cannot seem to decide on a topic, what resources are reliable, which background and template to use, what will be the content and TESOL standards addressed, and how will the WebQuest meet the overall objectives. The decisions have been so frustrating, I cannot feel my scalp.

Perhaps I need to pick a topic and begin searching for appropriate links in order to get started. I believe that once I gather sufficient information to begin, then I will not be so uneasy about the template selection. Afterall, it is best to focus on the content first, and then decide on aesthetic features.