WebQuest

The Web Quest project is an interesting way to go about researching or surfing the web. It helps direct students to focus on main topics instead of getting distracted by the mass amounts of information provided on the internet. Having a goal while searching is an important step to researching anything. It helps by saving lots of time. Using a web quest for Math is a little more complicated than say a web quest on reading in regards to the extra work that is needed to be done. For example, students can have a goal like, finding the amount and cost of materials that is needed to build a fence for a backyard. As well as the maximizing the area on the least amount of materials. First they would have to measure the distances of the fence, and find the materials online. Then look up the formulas for perimeter and area of the fence. And if someone is not familiar on how to calculate all this information without being taught first, it is hard to figure out, compared to knowing how to read and coming across some words that you don't recognize and can just sound out. So I think that Math is best taught in using examples in person. Math online or trying to learn individual is hard to achieve and takes time to do. I see a web quest as a assignment that just uses the internet for its resources. The following link will take you to my web quest. Thanks.

https://sites.google.com/site/mathisusefulandfun/