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Monday, July 23, 2007

Scavenger Hunts and Webquests

Hi all!

Well, I am not certain what to post this week, but . . .

I finished reading the supplemental material regarding Scavenger Hunts and Webquests. I enjoyed the All About Me (3-12) Scavenger Hunt. Coincidentally,
on the day I was born, Twiggy (6th grade nickname) has the same birthday, and I sing a mean Karaoke version of Edith from All in the Family. My son's height at age 18 is predicted to be 6'4". (I hope he's got game.)

I like the Scavenger Hunt idea. I would like to assign a scavenger hunt outside of class and have the students email me their results. I feel that if they were conducted in a lab scene, students would be more prone to copy.

Webquests are wonderful inventions. They definitely permit teachers to integrate curriculums and generate enthusiasm for a topic. Again, though, I am perplexed on how to handle only one classroom computer. Either Bernie Dodge or Tom March attempted to address this problem, but I cannot afford to give a week or more of classroom content time to explore a webquest in pairs.