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Welcome
Welcome to the Resource Center for participants in the WebQuest
grant. We have been hard at work in the background getting
things ready for your visit. The purpose of this site is to
provide participants with a single place they can go to get
information about the grant. If you find inaccuracies or have
suggestions on things we could add that would help please
feel free to contact Kirk
Langer (klanger@lps.org).
Time line
Our time on the grant is quickly drawing to a close. The time
line listed below is starting to look just like the "Are
you up to date" section below. The time line is as follows:
- January 22, 2002 - Resource Center comes on-line including
link to check for available topics.
- January 24, 2002:Topic
selection nearly complete
- January 25, 2002: WebQuest
training begins (on-line)
- March 1, 2002: WebQuest training ends
- March 4, 2002: Transition Unit from WebQuest to Manila
- March 19, 2002: Web page development (Manila) training
begins
- March 19-24, 2002: Complete Manila training Exercises
1-4
- March 25-31, 2002: Complete Manila training Exercises
5-9
- April 1, 2002: First revision of WebQuest 1 due
- April 1 - 15: Peer review of WebQuest 1
- April 15: Submission of WebQuest 1 (final candidate)
- April 22: WebQuest 1 complete
- May 6: First revision of WebQuest 2 due
- May 6-20: Peer review of WebQuest 2
- May 13: Submission of WebQuest 2 (final candidate)
- May 1-27: Conduct building presentations to share your
WebQuest(s) with colleagues
Are you up to date? (June 6, 2002)
At this point everyone should have both of their WebQuests posted
and they should have reviewed both the WebQuests of their partner.
- Written a bio and sent it to the list
- Checked the list
of participants and sent a greeting to your partner
- Visited the list
of available WebQuest topics and selected two
- Visited the list
of selected WebQuest topics to make sure you have those
you selected
- Completed Unit 3-6 (we skipped Units 1 and 2) of the WebQuest
Training
- Created Appleworks documents with content for the Introduction,
Task, Process, Evaluation, and Conclusion sections of your
first WebQuest.
- Completed the Manila training
- Created and posted your first WebQuest
- Notified your partner of where they can find your first
WebQuest
- Used the on-line
rubric to evaluate your partner's first site
- Created and posted your second WebQuest
- Notified your partner of where they can find your second
WebQuest
- Used the on-line
rubric to evaluate your partner's second site
Wrapping up!
All but a few of you have completed your WebQuests
and reviewed those of your partner. Stipends will be disbursed
within the next week. The WebQuest Clearinghouse will be updated
soon to include all completed grants. Congratulations to each
of you on the fine WebQuests you created. If you have any
questions about the grant please feel free to contact Kirk
Langer.
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Important Links
Check out time?
Some of you are wrapping things up early and want
to check out. Don't forget that you must complete your two
WebQuests (this includes getting them reviewed) and review
your partner's WebQuests. If your partner is unresponsive
please contact Kirk and he'll go to work to figure out what
needs to be done. If you want to know your status based on
our records visit the on-line
status report and search for your name. If you check that
and believe it to be in error contact Kirk and he'll work
with you to update it.
Reviewing WebQuests
Remember that an important part of participating
in the grant is providing peer review. You can review your
partner's completed WebQuests based on a rubric that is available
on line at http://forms.lps.org/wqreview.
Each participant is required to complete two WebQuests that
score a minimum of 40/50.
Presentation Form
When you are ready to complete a presentation of
your WebQuests for colleagues in your building don't forget
to complete a presentation
form that includes a place for your administrator's signature.
Logging into your Webquest
Sometimes the most difficult thing is to find your
WebQuest on-line and get logged into it. A list
of WebQuests has been created to make it easy to find
your site and log in to edit it.
The virtual hangout
The WebQuest
list is our virtual meeting center. It is the place
to meet other participants, ask questions, and provide suggestions.
You will receive all messages sent to the list via email,
but you can also access the list via the web.
All messages are archived there and you can alter your membership
to receive messages in digest format.
Who's participating in this project?
Trying to remember who all has participated in the grant?
Check out the list
of participants where all but a few naughty coordinators
submitted a bio.
Hungry for more?
Thinking you would like to create additional WebQuest sites?
Here is a list
of WebQuest topics that were not selected by anyone
participating in the grant. You can also check out the list
of WebQuest topics being completed by participants
in the grant.
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