A.+Teacher+Introduction

Teacher Introduction
The Community of Caring WebQuest was developed in response to our students’ educational and personal needs. More importantly, the WebQuest was developed as a structured environment to provide our students with opportunities to explore the topic of bullying, reflect on their findings, and prepare a product that will demonstrate this new understanding. Designed to be conducted in conjunction with a school-wide discussion of New Hampshire’s newly revised and adopted Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention (#RSA-193-F) legislation, students will build on their prior knowledge of bullying with information gleaned from researching selected web resources, digital media, and texts. As part of the quest, students will complete online interactive activities, reflect and reply to classmates on a blog, and create an “anti-bullying” PSA message to be shared with the school community.

The Community of Caring WebQuest has been designed to help students meet National Educational Technology Standards, Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, and SAU16 Literacy Benchmarks and Standards, while fostering and enhancing their growth as independent, socially responsible, information literate students.

The students will work independently and cooperatively to research and reflect on the topic of bullying and enhance their reading, technology, and writing skills. The WebQuest tasks will provide students with several tactile, visual, and auditory experiences to address different learning styles and nurture critical thinking skills.