Assignment 6: WebQuest

Prior to taking this course I had done research and completed presentations on the use of WebQuest in the one computer classroom. In the one computer classroom it can be used as a group or individual assignment. As an individual assignment with only one computer the assignment would definitely need to be long-term. During my research I found it to be a great low cost tool that can be used by both teachers and students. I was also able to locate several resources, such as QuestGarden, to aid in the creation of WebQuests. QuestGarden also offers many ready made WebQuests that is a definite plus for someone who is new to creating or using WebQuests.
Until now I had never had the pleasure of creating a WebQuest. Prior to actually starting on the assignment I had already done a lot of other career oriented assignments that I could incorporate into the WebQuest. Being that I already had an idea of the subject and activites that I wanted to incorporate into the WebQuest creating it was a little time consuming but fairly easy as a whole. Though it was fairly easy I still ran into a few problems. The main problem that I ran into was loading the editor on my mini notebook which was very aggravating and time consuming. It was literally taking 40 minutes or more to create one page. For some reason the editor just wouldn't load and after trying to do so for more than 24 hrs I went to the campus library. Once I figured out that completing the assignment on my laptop was impossible it was a breeze. I was able to complete it in about three hours once I got made it to the library. As usual google is great.I really enjoyed completeing this assignment and plan to use it in my classroom once I began to teach.

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