WebQuest

I have to admit, I have never done a WebQuest unitl now or I have never really even looked at one. A webquest guides students through a project which is larger into smaller parts.  When a student sees a large project it can be very intimidating but when broken down into smaller more explained portions, the student may do the lesson with less anxiety and be more opened minded.  The individual sections of a WebQuest guide students so that they can work in groups or by themselves, and the WebQuest encourages students to work on problems like experts do.  WebQuest seem to motivate students learning process and help them collaborate better among there peers. 

My WebQuest was about Cinderella.  There are many different versions of Cinderella, which  a lot of people don't even know.  The students work in groups to read different versions of Cinderella.  Most students know the story of Cinderella, so comparing different versions should be easy for them to do.  Each day, one person from the group will discuss there verison of Cinderella that they read.  I want the group to analyze each version and chart the differences.  I was hoping that this project would help students work in groups, analyze what they have read, and involve the students in different versions of a familiar story that they have always know to show them that other cultures have different interpretations.

At first my only challenge I had was becoming familiar with the process and figuring out how to put the WebQuest together.  After I got the hang of it, the process was pretty much step by step and I could see how easy it would make a large project for students to understand

My WebQuest link is:

http://questgarden.com/132/37/6/111002111728/