WebQuest


 * WebQuest** **(Structured External Assignment)**

Assignment: Design an instructional unit (WebQuest) that integrates use of the Web that (1) promotes active participation, management of learning, identification of personal educational goals, self-assessment, and opportunities to provide peer feedback to others while meeting the diverse learning styles of students; (2) meets diverse learning needs, promotes creativity, innovative thinking, and inventiveness, while providing learners choices about learning experiences and the opportunity to self-assess their academic progress; and (3) customize and personalize learning activities to address the students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.

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 * Podcast: Definition of a WebQuest**

**WebQuest Site:** www.webquest.org

www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=59178
 * My WebQuest Link:**

At the beginning of this course, I started collecting educational web resources by bookmarking them on Delicious.com. Since I had already had an idea of what topic I wanted to use for my WebQuest, I started collecting resoures that were relevant to that topic. By the time I was ready to create my WebQuest, I had all the resources I needed to "plug in" readily available to me. While defining the task and process within my WebQuest, I listed the resources that were needed to complete each step. The rest of the WebQuest was pretty simple to create once I had the process outlined. Zunal is very user friendly and I enjoyed using it. The WebQuest that I created is relevant to my area of interest because I hope to teach design classes in the future and this would be a great resource to use in my classroom.
 * Process and Relevancy: **

I was pretty intimidated by this assigment in the beginning but once I started it, I realized how quickly everything came together. I enjoyed putting in the pictures to make it look more interesting and to make the pages "pop." I also discovered many other useful WebQuests on zunal.com that are relevant to my area of interest. Adult/college level WebQuests are very easy to find on this website and it is certainly a resource that I will refer to for teaching tools in the future.
 * Reflection:**