WebQuest Reflection

Doing the WebQuest was not easy. I really liked finding and researching the topics, but it was a little hard coordinating with the group. We all have pretty busy lives and the only way we could get together was at 10:00 at night on google docs. However, it was nice to have that option.
We did ours on the civil war and the people who were effected by it and their views. It was interesting to see what we were all able to come up with. I had a really hard time finding what I needed to find about the states rights advocates. There was not a whole lot of information pertaining to the civil war so that was pretty frustrating.
The whole process was a lot easier than I thought it would be. As stated previously, the hardest part was getting together to put it together.
I have actually already used WebQuests in teaching. My feild partner and I did one to help the students research Greek gods. It was a lot of fun and the kids learned a lot from doing it. I plan on using it more in the future just because it makes it easier on me as a teacher to introduce new topics and the students have fun with it.
My goal has always been to become more familar with technology. I know it will be of use in my future classroom and I also know that the students will want to do things like that becuase its what they know. I plan on using more WebQuests for all sorts of different topics. I enjoy making them and the students like doing them. It's a win-win situation.