WebQuest

=WebQuest=

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The name of my WebQuest is **“How to make money on the Internet!”** It is designed for Adult/College level students. As the student follows the process, they will learn how to research an item to sell on eBay ® using completed searches, functions on Excel spreadsheet, and answering questions regarding the information garnered from the Internet and the Excel spreadsheet.

Listen to the Introduction on my WebQuest: Click here Click on the picture above which will take you directly to my WebQuest or click here [|How to make money on the internet!]

The process for determining the topic was the most difficult. Since this is an inquiry based web ite, I needed to figure out exactly what it was I was trying to teach. At first I wanted to teach how to sell on eBay ® but that didn’t meet the criteria for inquiry based. The topic took shape as I worked through making the WebQuest. There is so much to learn about selling on eBay ® that I needed to break apart a section of the process which I consider to be the first step in determining if the item you have to sell will make you any money. I made and Excel spreadsheet for the student to enter the information acquired from the website. The students were to then construct calculations on the data. I inserted links for explanations on how to construct the calculations. When the student completed the spreadsheet, they had a Word document with question that they were to answer. Answers were gotten from their Excel spreadsheet. The last question is a reasoning question about the project.
 * Process:**

I enjoyed building this WebQuest but it was extremely time consuming. Not that I minded because I learned so much doing this project. I knew the subject matter but had never gone through the process of using an Excel spreadsheet to quantify the information obtained through eBay ®. I teach how to sell on eBay ® at the community level. I have watched as students have to learn the hard way about pricing items. They are given verbal instructions but some don’t listen or understand. I think if they were to see it in black and white in front of them and do the calculations that warrant some reasoning so they will make better choices. I wanted to include high school age but remembered that you need to be 18 years old to register on eBay ®. I am going to try this WebQuest in my introduction into computers class at DTCC next semester. My students learn about file management, Excel and Word. This could be like a capstone project.
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