Let's WebQuest the Implementation Stage

Our team is current working on the Development stage of the project. I have asked to create the hook for our the project and I plan on making digital stories to convey the over-all theme. I have also been given the task of creating a WebQuest for how to predict the weather. The subject may change depending on if the objective and WebQuest are a good fit. Something that we as a group need to start working on this coming week would be formative and summative assessments.

Upon looking at our project report and reflecting on what we have been working on, it looks like our team is in good shape. We have divided up the work load and started working on actual instruction, and I think that we are keeping an adequate pace. As mentioned in the first paragraph, our group needs to start working on how we are going to assess throughout the unit. In the Morrison, Ross, and Kemp book it gives the benefits of pretesting. Now as a teacher we all know how important this is, but after discussing it in class, I realized that perhaps we should put more effort into it. I say this not because we don't understand what pretests are for, but because of the level of effectiveness of the test itself.

I have used pretest and post-test, but the tests I have may not be adequate. After reading chapters 10-11. I would like to gather all of my pre and post-tests and reevaluate their effectiveness I have used many test questions with the UCUTips website, but once again I haven't taken the time to evaluate those test questions for validity and reliability. WebQuests are very new to me, but I like the idea of them, partially because last year my students were always very excited any time I told them to pull out the laptops. Our group has found several websites that will be beneficial to the weather unit project, including a web site that simulates what happens as the air pressure drops, as well as the temperature. Another website shows a weather person give the weekly forecast.

Happy WebQuesting.