WebQuest

Working on my very first WebQuest was, let's see...um...nerve-wracking! It wasn't hard, but for someone like me, who has a tendency to be indecisive, as well as, too cautious; it was indeed a nerve-wracking experience.

I say this because of the subject that I picked. I was drawn to the subject on gangs because of the research that I conducted before we even completed the outline. I could have gone an easier route, but something fascinated me about the subject--especially with all of the issues going on around the world with gang violence; violence in general...that's why I choose the subject.

Once I started researching the project for my own WebQuest, I quickly realized that, I couldn’t go one-dimensional with it, it had to be more to it, so it quickly developed into this large project, which I had to scale down, and tone down because gang violence is no child's play. From personal association with gang members (when I was a kid), I know that it’s not a game and it’s not a good place for any child or adult for that matter to be involved in.

I had to take out the parts that may appear to be too graphic; instead, I focused more on gang prevention and intervention. The You Tube video regarding a mother’s grief at the death of her son was very important for students to watch. I thought that would give students a reason to think harder before they put themselves into a situation like that. My goal was to get them to think about different aspects of what violent gangs can do to their loved ones.

Then the hard part...yes the hard part...putting it onto to zunal.com

OMG! Because I'm a worry wart at times, I like to take up a lot of time doing things to make sure I get things right (I find that when I do that I mess up) but, anyway, I was carefully typing, trying to re-read things that I had input into the template...press save....all of the things that I just put in were gone! It's was aggravating, but I did get through it. The worst part of putting that in was the rubric...I officially hate rubrics now! How could something so effective be so evil! That was by far the worst thing that I ever had to do next to a math problem...I was so baffled by what to measure. I soon figured it out, but it literally gave me a headache! Whew...nonetheless, I will definitely do another WebQuest, I found it very interesting.

I'm just a nerd like that!