I thoroughly enjoyed the Webquests and found that I could have spent much more time in each of them. Here are a few of my thoughts regarding each….
Collecting: * Love the idea of collecting and connecting personal collecting to museum collecting. * Excellent resources for exploration…lots of "collections" to be explored. * Nice introduction videos * Discussion questions are a nice start…could you expand them to be more self-reflective. Collecting is a highly personal "hobby." How is this addressed in the Webquest?
Around the World in 80 Minutes: * Great site. Very engaging. * Being able to explore "the world" of graffiti was exciting and so very interesting. This choice of material offers a wide range of students to interact with diverse cultures/artists from across the globe - globe connectivity. * The guided visualization was a nice way to introduce the intensity of the subject of your webquest * "Wednesday" was lacking a description and (while I can surmise what you intended) it is unclear what you want students to do. "Thursday" and "Friday" are blank…??? Omit or Elaborate.
Self-Exploration: * excellent home page stereotype visuals * intro activity: typo: "designated collector * Lino Collage is an opportunity for collaboration and then students can be more self-reflective in creating their own "work of art" addressing stereotypes (excellent video example…almost too! good…my experience with webquests are that sometimes "examples" can be stifling to students and all of the work bears a striking resemblance to the "example"…just a thought). * Where do you plan to post the art works? Outside of the webquest? a gallery within the quest?
Memory: * For the flow of your Webquest, you might want to consider moving the "about the creator" and the "contact me" to the end of the bar…they are not the focus of your webquest. * Nice incorporation of audio//demonstration of tools for students to use. * Some of your links are not working…did you mean for the images at the bottom of the Intro to link to Day 1 and/or Day 2? * You offer your students great examples of video/audio interviews * Day 3: Is the visual you are creating the "video"? and the actual interview being just an audio component? (Typo: don't feel limited)
Water: Environmental and Social Issues: * At first, I was a bit confused by your prezi and how you were intending it to function. However, after completing it I understand now that the frames leading to the introduction were having the students reflect on issues in water pollution/conservation (Typo: frame 7 "toilet") additionally, some of your frames are empty (this is a draft….I assume you'll fill them in). * You have great graphics and your prezi is nicely arranged. It is an unusual (for me) webquest format and took me some getting used to. As a user, I do not feel like I have much control over the flow of the quest…which is a nice (albeit frustrating) comparison to the fluidity of water.
Collecting:
* Love the idea of collecting and connecting personal collecting to museum collecting.
* Excellent resources for exploration…lots of "collections" to be explored.
* Nice introduction videos
* Discussion questions are a nice start…could you expand them to be more self-reflective. Collecting is a highly personal "hobby." How is this addressed in the Webquest?
Around the World in 80 Minutes:
* Great site. Very engaging.
* Being able to explore "the world" of graffiti was exciting and so very interesting. This choice of material offers a wide range of students to interact with diverse cultures/artists from across the globe - globe connectivity.
* The guided visualization was a nice way to introduce the intensity of the subject of your webquest
* "Wednesday" was lacking a description and (while I can surmise what you intended) it is unclear what you want students to do. "Thursday" and "Friday" are blank…??? Omit or Elaborate.
Self-Exploration:
* excellent home page stereotype visuals
* intro activity: typo: "designated collector
* Lino Collage is an opportunity for collaboration and then students can be more self-reflective in creating their own "work of art" addressing stereotypes (excellent video example…almost too! good…my experience with webquests are that sometimes "examples" can be stifling to students and all of the work bears a striking resemblance to the "example"…just a thought).
* Where do you plan to post the art works? Outside of the webquest? a gallery within the quest?
Memory:
* For the flow of your Webquest, you might want to consider moving the "about the creator" and the "contact me" to the end of the bar…they are not the focus of your webquest.
* Nice incorporation of audio//demonstration of tools for students to use.
* Some of your links are not working…did you mean for the images at the bottom of the Intro to link to Day 1 and/or Day 2?
* You offer your students great examples of video/audio interviews
* Day 3: Is the visual you are creating the "video"? and the actual interview being just an audio component? (Typo: don't feel limited)
Water: Environmental and Social Issues:
* At first, I was a bit confused by your prezi and how you were intending it to function. However, after completing it I understand now that the frames leading to the introduction were having the students reflect on issues in water pollution/conservation (Typo: frame 7 "toilet") additionally, some of your frames are empty (this is a draft….I assume you'll fill them in).
* You have great graphics and your prezi is nicely arranged. It is an unusual (for me) webquest format and took me some getting used to. As a user, I do not feel like I have much control over the flow of the quest…which is a nice (albeit frustrating) comparison to the fluidity of water.