Ocean Life WebQuest

This project is a web quest about ocean life focusing primarily on the CNMI. My group mates and I decided on this topic because we wanted to bring awareness to the students in the CNMI about the importance of our marine resources. After completion of this lesson the students will be able to demonstrate greater understanding of our marine environment and the life forms that exist in it. In addition, they will be able to identify different ways we can help maintain and preserve our marine resources. This process will improve students' learning because it addresses differentiated instruction where students are able to explore and work collaboratively to accomplish a common goal. This type of activity gives students opportunities to work creatively with the use of technologies in the classroom.

I think the most important lesson I learned from this activity was basically learning how to use a web quest as a tool inside the classroom. I had never made one before so this was kind of difficult at first, but thanks to the people I worked with we were able to figure things out together. The online tool that we used, instantprojects.org, was very easy to use. I liked that everything we needed to do was right there on the first page, it was easy to follow. The only thing I didn't like was how difficult it was figure out some things such as changing the background picture or adding a sound clip. Other than that, it was a good tool. I would probably use it again if I don't find anything better.
Next time I do this activity I will probably explore more options that might be available for me to use online. If I happen to use this tool again it would probably be a little easier since I've had the experience, but I would really like to look into more web quest tools available out there.