XI   July 17, 2003

Mentors:  Nicole Zumpano & Alicia Ross

Listserve:  witxi-l@lists.cuip.net

1. Good morning! Any questions?
2. Site of the Day
3. Evaluating existing educational sites module
4. FTP module
5. Work time: finish and publish your teaching guide!
6. Remember, Nicole and Alicia leave at 12:15 for a mentors meeting
7. > How can a webquest be done for a Kindergarten or 1st grade students that can't read?

   
   very good question. normally, webquests do require reading (especially for independent work by the students). However, you can modify webquests to work with nonreaders. Two modifications are necessary: (1) instructions to students must be given orally and (2) the resources provided for the tasks must be visual or auditory.

   Here's a webquest with recorded instructions (click the speaker icon to hear the teacher read the instructions): http://www.esc20.k12.tx.us/etprojects/formats/webquests/fall2000/wq102700/judiwq/default.html

   You can create a "resources" page that contains links to non-verbal materials.

   For example, in http://www.murarriess.qld.edu.au/webquests/planequest/index.htm, the children design airplane uniforms and set airline menus. While the person who wrote the webquest hasn't done this, the resources page could be designed to be visual instead of a traditional list of URLs.

   In http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/jeadams/index.htm, the class uses the webquest as a whole, with the teacher initially controlling the computer (linked to a projector?)

   Here are a few more prereader webquests: http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/pkwebqu.htm