The Final Project!

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Final PhotoStory!

My video!!

My five line teaching philosophy. I want to inspire students to be the best that can be, by always believing in them and pushing them. I want to strike their creativity by integrating technology in a way that will help to think outside the box while keeping them up to date on recent technologies. In my classroom I want children to think of technology as a tool and guide to help them succeed. Because I think technology to children is seen more as a “fun” tool due to social networking, if I can get students interested in how students can use it properly this can expand their world!  

Check out my webquest! (:

https://sites.google.com/site/weblessons2/home

Driving question

What all do you know about West Virginia? Can you find it on the map? What are the state symbols and natural resources?


I am doing my Wiki on history for second grade!

Evaluation

Questions

1. Which two of example WebQuests listed below are the best ones? Why? We chose to pick the best Webquests are the Ancient Egypt and the Underground railroad. Both were packed full of information that subject, they also did a good job at getting everyone involved. 
2. Which two are the worst? Why? We chose the Ice Cream and Where is my hero. Reasons for that is the "We scream for Ice Cream" tells you how to make ice cream, we didn't see how it could be helpful in the classroom. The same goes for the Hero one,while it was great to get motivation it didn't really give students information. 
3. What do best and worst mean to you? The best ones mean to me that it contains the most educational value to inform you, but not to bore you.  It would also get us involved. The worst would have no educational value and almost a waste of time. 

Blogging Questions..

1. I think that keeping a blog for this class is very appropriate because it is a technology class. Blogging is also a creative way to get the class involved and interact without being face-to-face. There wasn't too many dislikes about keeping a blog for this class, they weren't hard and I thought we were given enough time to do them in. 

2. I think that posting a blog helps you become a more effective  teacher because in a technology based world it integrates simple technology into the classroom. Using something simple like blogging keeps the students interests longer rather than just book work.  With such a technology based time and age it should be very important to have that in a lesson and use it. It will not only keep you up-to-date (and be a cool teacher) it is also safe and easy for everyone to use. 

3. As far as posting after this class I'm not so sure. I personally never really understood the point of blogging, but I can see where it can be helpful and exciting in the classroom. I never had the urge to blog. But I might post something once in a while if I wanted to vent. 

4. Collective Intelligence - The ability to share and pool knowledge and compare notes with each other toward a common goal. From blogging with the class I was able to share ideas and get feedback > At the same time  I was able to give feedback to others and  see what others thought.