Ahhh, Australia is winning Olympic gold in the Beijing pool and here we are trying to kick goals in class on a wet and wintery day in Bundoora. Greg dropped the W-bomb this week – W for Webquest – a technological learning program designed for school children. Personally, I’ve never heard of a webquest until enrolling in this course. Sounds like some 1970s US space odyssey starring Will Shatner. Greg outlined the vagaries of Webquests and their importance in the curriculum. I have to admit, I wish I had a crack at one of these in my days at Nunawading primary school 3140. Introducing the building blocks, we were taught a fancy program entitled Quia, not Kea, a native bird from New Zealand. Quia is quite enjoyable – brilliant for creating quizzes. A sample is attached below.
We then moved onto the always awkward task of finding a partner to tackle our Webquest task. Brave Sir Robin, will be my partner in peril, and after a few moments of consideration, we narrowed our Webquest area of interest to cricket and football. The summer sport won out on practical grounds - we could use the project in our teaching rounds later this year. We then narrowed our quest to The Ashes, the history of Test cricket between Australia and England. Great fun and great subject that will encompass and cover-off many parts of the curriculum – maths, english, history, geography, phys-ed.
Our major hurdle now is to come up with the major task for the students.
And rounding out the week, we were introduced to Microsoft Publisher, a bells and whistles program for the Webquest. We designed a travel brochure and how to set up a webpage. Scary stuff, but I’m sure it’ll be challenging and fun.
We then moved onto the always awkward task of finding a partner to tackle our Webquest task. Brave Sir Robin, will be my partner in peril, and after a few moments of consideration, we narrowed our Webquest area of interest to cricket and football. The summer sport won out on practical grounds - we could use the project in our teaching rounds later this year. We then narrowed our quest to The Ashes, the history of Test cricket between Australia and England. Great fun and great subject that will encompass and cover-off many parts of the curriculum – maths, english, history, geography, phys-ed.
Our major hurdle now is to come up with the major task for the students.
And rounding out the week, we were introduced to Microsoft Publisher, a bells and whistles program for the Webquest. We designed a travel brochure and how to set up a webpage. Scary stuff, but I’m sure it’ll be challenging and fun.
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