WebQuests

I found creating a WebQuest to be very easy. I used PowerPoint to create my WebQuest, which was great! Since I was comfortable with PowerPoint, I was able to create the WebQuest fairly quickly. I created a WebQuest on land biomes and I was so happy with how it turned out that I decided to go ahead and use it with my class.
I signed out the laptop cart from our media center. I attempted to bring the 500 pound cart over to the POD with a couple of students holding the doors. When I could not get the cart over the door frame, I pushed harder. Then I conned a colleague into helping me. She pushed, I pulled. We pushed and pulled so hard, a wheel fell right off. With one wheel missing, the janitor had to assist with getting the cart to the POD. That is when the second wheel fell off and I had to send the kids away. We were eventually able to get the cart to the POD.
Eventhough this project got off to a rocky start, it turned into something great! The lesson went fantastic, the kids were very engaged and they learned a ton! The only problem I had, if it can be considered a problem, was that one student (who was sitting right next to the principal) decided he would leave the webquest and go Google his own biome websites. He did go to a great biome website and he was excited about learning. What this showed me is that in future webquests I should consider adding a link to a search engine where the kids can find their own sites to read. I think by allowing them to find their own site, they would feel even more ownership of the information they find. This would require closer supervision, to ensure they do not go to inappropriate websites or sites that don't have great information.
I will definitely do more webquests in the future, especially since my kids will never leave me alone until we do!