I evaluated the following WebQuest videos:
1) Gabrien's Turner's video on Narrative Essays incorporates a clear and concise example of how to write an essay. Gabrien provides plenty of examples to assist the students with the assignment. The webquest also accommodates student's needs by allowing options for final task and differentiating between auditory and visual learners. The task offers a peer edit form in which students can get feedback from their classmates on improvement areas. There is also an option to publish the essay on the web to showcase their work and share it with classmates and parents. There is a variety of images and links available in the webquest. I think she did a very thorough job with this task.
2) Jenn Freeda's Webquest on the state's of matter was very good. My only concern was the age range, as my experience with kindergarteners is that their attention span is very limited. However, the resources used on this webquest are appropriate and engaging. Brain pop jr. activities are colorful, and pictures are used instead of words, which helps emerging readers. I think the lesson can be expanded to higher grades, first and second graders. Also liked how she incorporated recipes and images from clipart, this supports visual learners. The video showing the process of ice melting, turning into steam was excellent. I would love to share this webquest with the director of my son's kindergarten program, she runs an afterschool science program and has never used technology to supplement her lessons, this would be a great start.
3) Tiffany Mathinson's Ms. M and M's Periodic Table webquest was very interesting. This would be a great introductory lesson for younger students. I loved the activities - element bingo, advertisement and element song. I think Tiffany did a great job, she's very knowledgeable about the content and was able to translate this into her lesson. It appears she has experience teaching and knows her students, this enables her to customize her lessons to meet student's needs, incorporate curriculum standards and the use of technology. Great job. If you don't mind, I may borrow some of your ideas for future use!
Ileana, thanks for reviewing my WebQuest. It's a fun topic for the K students. I'm glad you enjoyed the time lapsed video, my students really enjoyed that also. My daughter made that so I'll be sure to tell her too. I agree that the K students have a VERY short attention span, so that is why each of the tasks can be broken down into small amounts of time. The ice race although we spent a chunk of time to begin, after the 1st 2 melted, we just had students who were responsible for reporting on the progress throughout the day. I hope you son's program teacher enjoys it. Thanks!
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