Hello Parents!  Welcome to our classroom blog.  I hope that you have had a chance to "poke" around and learn a little bit about our classroom.  In the coming weeks, your child will be engaging in a WebQuest.  A WebQuest "is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web" (Dodge, 2007).  Your students will be completing a WebQuest that asks them to investigate their disabilities.  Here are some things that you should know about this experience.

Before the WebQuest:

• If you haven't already done so, please talk candidly with your child about his or her disability.  
• Check out the WebQuest here:  Click to View

During the WebQuest:

• Support your students with any tasks that they need to complete.  
• Take your student to the library or allow them to stay for Homework Club if you do not have access to the internet.
• Be open and welcoming to questions and conversations about your students' disabilities.

After the WebQuest:

• Allow your student to practice their presentation with you prior to their next PPT.
• Ask your student about "what's next".  Help your child to do career planning activities that can be found by clicking here I'm Determined.

I hope that this WebQuest is as engaging and exciting for you as parents as it is for the kids.  Please contact me any time if you have any questions, and feel free to comment on this post!

Works Cited:
Dodge, PhD, B. (2007, January 1). Welcome. Retrieved December 21, 2014, from http://www.webquest.org