Webquest

My Role: The Affiliator For Secondary

Saving the Gorillas

Strengths: Students could work together to find out questions to these answers. There are specific questions this website wants answered, and there is a goal to be reached. Gives specific websites for the students to go to to help them answer questions given.



Weaknesses: There are many typos throught the website. This could distract from work. The rubric givin on the website isn't very clear. The credits aren't sited correctly. This could show students how not to do something.


World of Shakespear:

Strengths: It is a group assignment. It has clear and direct directions. It prvides websites that the answers to their questions can be found on. The rubric is very clear and not hard to read at all.


Weaknesses: Some of the work to be turned in is a lot of work. Even if they are working in a group seeing that much work could be discouraging. It gives each group member a role. This will make them work individually for a while they should stay in groups and work as a team.


Anti Earthquake Designer


Strengths: Has fun colors and fun pictures to get students involved. Has students working in a group at all times, even though they have different names of what they are to do. Step by step instructions planned out in weeks.


Weaknesses: There are many objects the students will need to do this task. That could use up a lot of money. It is through a four week window and it gives a lot of work for these groups to do.


Foreign Country Presentation


Strengths: It has very clear instructions. Also made into a contest that will get students motivated. Websites are given to students to help them with their work.



Weaknesses: It is an individual work not group.



Waves and Sounds


Stengths: It has good directions and is easy to read. Has good websites to help the students. Easy to read rubric


Weaknesses: It is not a group activity. It is a little boring which will probably not motivate students.