Creating+a+Webquest

=Creating a Webquest=

This assignment had us create a webquest, which is a research based scavenger hunt using various websites. We had to pick a topic and a format for the webquest in which the students were not simply researching information but using it to create another project using that information. My webquest was a about the European feudal system. Students would be put in groups and designated a role that they could play as if they were in feudal times. They had to research their role as if they were going back in time using the various websites then come back to their group and create a guide for how to live during feudal times, a manual that would be used in the future when people eventually got to this time period. This assignment contiributed to my understanding of educational technology because I was introduced to the idea of a wiki space and how to incorporate them into assignments by creating by own webquest. I was relatively familiar with the name, wiki, but had never manipulated or incorporated one into a lesson. This assignment helped me to prepare to teach with technology by introducing me to yet another piece of technology that was not only useful in the classroom but that was accessible and easy to use. I plan on using this piece of technology in the future by creating more webquests as well as using the one that I made as a future classroom project.

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