it makes the familiar strange. By giving kids the
opportunity to imagine a new party, we might get more
interest."

BernieD says, "It's all subjective, Tom. If you did it you'd end up with
a different list."

KeikoS says, "Teacher section is really comprehensive. Even teacher
transcript and Standards..."

BernieD says, "Notice what Hail to the Chief involves: crafting a
persuasive message, role playing, and analyzing issues.
Many of the quests shared those characteristics."

BernieD asks, "All in all, I think it's pretty good. What do you think?"

SusanneN says, "Interesting to see the grading schedule on the
evaluation page..."

MidgeF says, "Meets Bernie's strict (and importantly so) standards."

SusanneN says, "the criteria for being active I mean"

TomHD says, "I think one of the "evaluating WQs" assessments could help
in coming up with solid characteristics- i.e. "uses
groupwork", etc"

MidgeF says, "I'm still having trouble getting teachers to think
critically so they can try making WQ's."

SusanneN says, "In Denmark, we don't use much of this assessment stuff,
anyway..."

BernieD says, "Midge... that's the struggle. The WebQuest is just an
means to that end."

SusanneN [to MidgeF]: "Why are teachers still afraid of making their own
stuff, even when they have tools like this?"

MidgeF says, "It will get better (sipping ginger ale) but we have to be
patient."

BJB [HelpDesk] wonders if we should mention KIKO at the end of this
session, Bernie