Sputnick went up."

BernieD says, "It was written with the help of kids... at least I think
so. The WebWeavers project in Salt Lake City involved 5th
grade kids making web pages with content provided by the
teacher."

BernieD says, "(I was 9 that year.)"

MidgeF says, "baby"

BernieD asks, "With that, let's brainstorm other techniques you've seen
or used to make the opening of a WebQuest more
interesting. Any ideas?"

MidgeF says, "Maybe kids can write WebQuest better than adults..hmmmm"

BernieD says, "(yeh... get rid of the middle man)"

ShayneR says, "Well, I like the ones that open with a mystery to solve--
but that's kind of what we saw with the Native American
one we looked at first."

CynthiaM says, "I tend to set up scenarios in the intros of most of my
WebQuests"

BernieD says, "The Who Killed King Tut is another good example of that,
Shayne."

Kerry [guest] says, "For my 3rd/4th grade students they are still really
into needing to see the graphics and the language
has to be kept simple - something they can easily
understand."

MidgeF says, "It is hard to concentrate on the overall design and
"attention getting" graphics and such while getting
teachers to create rubrics"

ShayneR exclaims, "I don't think I've seen that one-- sounds good,
though!"

BernieD says, "So concreteness is good, too. Stories are inherently
concrete."