I evaluated the WebQuest “Digital Technology that Enhances the Classroom” because it is on a subject matter that
I would like to do my own WebQuest on. It talks about needing to incorporate
technology into the classroom to keep up with today’s students way of learning.
The intended audience for this WebQuest is teachers. It gives them the task of
researching different technologies that would be useful in the classroom for
both teachers and students. Its educational goals are to educate the teacher so
that they can better reach their students and teach this generation’s students
more effectively.
The pedagogical strategies that are
employed are stating the objective at the beginning, providing examples and
resources so they can research and by providing more information on selected
links. I believe they are using deductive strategies in the WebQuest because
they are generally stating that technology will help the classroom and then
giving a wide range of options to research. Scaffolding is used because they
are providing the resources, presenting a compelling task and providing guidance.
The WebQuest itself is a web page
but other than that, it does not take advantage of much technology. It does
include links, navigation and images. This WebQuest could be done just as well
by photocopying and handing out if they listed out the hyperlinks. There is not
a lot of content that is only web based.
Technically it works great. The
links are unbroken and the pages link to one another smoothly. The material is
up to date. They credit themselves but the links are all listed under the “process”
so we are aware of where the information is coming from.
I would improve the WebQuest by adding
embedded videos, a better structure setup and a different color scheme. Overall
the content is great.