WebQuest

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Assignment Description
This assignment called for the planning and creation of a webquest. The purpose of a webquest is to offer students an opportunity to use internet sources to learn about a particular topic. I’ve created the webquest below to encourage high school students to learn about a historical topic through exploring representative works of art – in this case the //civil war era// is the topic.

Technology and Teaching
The World Wide Web can be an overwhelming environment for anybody – particularly for students who need to find credible sources of information and appropriate images in order to satisfy some set of learning objectives. But with a clearly laid out guide sheet and a directory of plausible source links a webquest can provide a student with a novel and time-efficient way to learn about a particular topic. What separates the webquest from the conventional ‘assignment packet’ is the fact that the links put so much more at the fingertips of the students and allow for greater flexibility and creativity. For example, in the webquest below it would take a ream of paper or more to provide the student with the works of art depicted in just three of the links that are provided.

Please visit the WebQuest at http://civilwarexhibit.wikispaces.com/Introduction