Day 14: Refining your WebQuest

Now that you've gotten a good start on your WebQuest -- it's time to have your peers look over it and give you some constructive feedback.

How do you go about giving constructive feedback? Use the handout in class: Tips for Constructive Criticism to determine the best way to offer suggestions to your peers.

Before looking at your peers' WebQuests, we'll talk about what we should be looking for as far as what is visually pleasing, what is easy for the learner to understand, etc. Then use the Fine Points: Little things that make a big difference handout to review 2 of your peers' WebQuests.

Now that we've looked at what makes WebQuests look appealing -- what content makes a WebQuest appealing? As a student, what would you look for? As a teacher? As a parent? With a new partner, share an overview of your WebQuest. What makes your WebQuest "good" according to the WebQuest rubric? Use the WebQuest rubric to evaluate your partner's WebQuest -- keeping in mind the tips for constructive criticism.


A few things to remember:
*Tips for creating your evaluation section can be found on Bernie Dodge's "Creating a Rubric for a Given Task" page
*You'll need a link from your student page back to your teacher page and vice versa
*You can change page background and table cell colors on your WebQuest.

Before Thursday, refine your WebQuest based on peers' feedback.