The Webquest "How Did King Tut Die?" is almost complete. It has been a lot of work and a lot of fun. I believe it will be a useful tool for social studies teachers.
We decided to use Wiki Wetpaint. Wetpaint is appropriate for educational purposes because if you are using the website for education purposes they claim they will make the site web free. Unfortunately the email that Dawna sent to them never was returned so our site never did become ad free. Fortunately though, the ads are educational at least.
At first I thought that students would post their initial research results to a blog on class blogmeister but then realized it would be much more convenient for students to post them on the discussion forum on the wiki. The only problem with this is it would be awkward for Dawna, Shelley and myself to use the webpage at the same time. Also, not all teachers have editing rights to this site. So I guess teachers that do not have editing rights to this site could have their students post their initial research to blogmeister.
It is important to link pages together for ease of finding the information and knowing what pages need to be linked together. This is where the CMap provided a concrete picture of what pages should be linked and how.
It is also very nice to be able to work cooperatively using the wiki. It is very easy to edit and quick to set up. Also, you don't have to worry about consistency from page to page because that is set up already.
Angie
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