Wow. This one was really hard for me. I fully admit that family visits made procrastinating this far too easy, but it was still a real struggle. I think what was most frustrating was that I couldn't really capture the vision of webquests in general. I looked at alot of really cool webquests, but I didn't see why the students couldn't have done those same wonderful projects with just a paper explanation and some links emailed to them. I don't understand the magic of a "webquest." So, I had a hard time figuring out how to make one that I would use in a high school English lit class. I actually, in the end, like my webquest. I could not figure out how to use a template, and by the time I'd heard back about the powerpoint, I was almost done making my webquest on the questgarden site. I cited the sources of each picture with a link "Picture Credit" on the bottom of the pages where I had pictures. I hope that is okay. I didn't think about it until I was done with it, so I had to go back and track down all the pictures I used again. Not a big deal, except for one. I could not find the exact picture again! I found one of the exact same pose featuring all the Bennett sisters from Pride and Prejudice, but the one I used on the webquest also had the mother. Oh well. I think it is a fun webquest, and I could see myself using it with a class as a fun introduction to Jane Austen, and I do think it takes some independent thinking to take in lots of different information and create journal entries that can tie them all together in an interesting way. Still, I'm not quite sure that I couldn't do a similar project without a webquest. The only thing is that the webquest has the active links on it to all the different Jane Austen sites, so the student wouldn't have to copy and paste or type them in.
It is a very basic webquest, but I hope it hits all the major components. If anything, it certainly made me want to re-read Pride and Prejudice! Mission accomplished.
Here is the link
Enjoy!
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