Last year I participated in an activity designed to explore Webquests and their potential for helping teachers design meaningful learning events. Webquests are essentially an inquiry-based, online learning activity where students work in groups, dividing assignments among each other to explore a given topic. The objective of the activity is to promote "transformative" learning outcomes, accomplished through the reading, analysis, and synthesis of Web-based informationWorld Wide Web. This was a really fun project for me as it allowed me to become a musicologist for the month. I designed a webquest to help students explore the celtic roots of Appalachian music. Even if you don't wish to engage in this webquest as a formal learning activity, it is definitely worth your time if you have an interest in Celtic or Appalachian music as I've amassed a pretty significant archive of music and film relating to this topic. I think this particular webquest would hold as much interest for a class in Ireland or Scotland as it would for one in my area of Southern Appalachia. Anyway, here's the link to my webquest
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