Teacher

Introduction:  This WebQuest introduces student’s to a variety of causes and issues that are happening daily around them.  It allows student’s an opportunity to investigate and research issues that are either important or interests them.  The researching section will bring awareness to different social and environmental issues.  By gaining awareness of various issues student’s can begin to appreciate how their actions can impact someone else. In our digital age it’s important for student’s to have multiple computer skills.  Maneuvering through the multiple websites attached to the Webquest along with creating a comic strip on Pixton will aid in their computer skill development.  Throughout this WebQuest they will develop critical thinking skills along with cooperation strategies.  Student's will be motivated throughout the project knowing that one cause will be chosen to receive the funds from the year end fundraiser.  This WebQuest is based on inquiry-oriented activity and demonstrates using a constructivism approach to learning. It is considered a long term WebQuest.

Learners:  This WebQuest is designed for a Grade Six class. Students will need to have basic computer skills  and be expected to research topics on the given websites. 

Standards:  The General Curriculum Outcomes(GCOs) and Specific Curriculum Outcomes(SCOs) that this WebQuest will meet are categorizes by subjects below. To view the GCOs and SCOs click on the subject headings below. 

Social Studies

English Language Arts

Art

Process:  Teacher will group student's in groups of four based on their ability levels for technology after taking a technology questionnaire(provided in the Introduction section). Once the student’s have researched different causes from the websites given, they will come together as a group for a discussion and proposal for their worthwhile cause with a form that they can download for their discussion(located in the process section under Day 1-5).  Once the cause has been established student’s can now begin to plan for their next stage which will be a comic strip. They will discuss and  how they want a character(s) to approach helping the chosen cause and create a script for their comic.This step can be done by using a storyboard, which students can find under Day 6-9 in the progress section. Next students will begin to create their comic strip on Pixton (http://www.pixton.com/ca/) for their final product. Teacher will have to set up accounts on Pixton for each group to use. Teacher will assign individual roles to students for they can oversee as the project progresses.  The last stage of the WebQuest  is for each group to presented their comic strip, and inform their peers why we need to support this cause. The  WebQuest is centered around group work, compromising, problem solving and higher ordered thinking.  After student's have presented their cause to their classmates they will go to the conclusion page and vote on the cause of their choice.  The cause with the most votes will receive the fund from the fundraising efforts of the grade six class. 

Resources: Access to computers and the websites listed under the Resource heading.