Day 19, meeting NETS

Standard 2 Communication and Collaboration and standard 3 Research and Information Fluency are addressed in the activities of WebQuest for students. Standard 2 addressing working collectively and individually and 3 creating assignments by the use of research and individual higher level of thinking.

Day 19 Webquest

The best WebQuest we explored as a group was Unraveling the Underground Railroad. This WebQuest fit 3 of the 4 roles. This WebQuest promoted learning activities for all students to participate in, individually and as a group; everyone would have their share to do. This activity promoted higher levels of thinking, from research to empathizing and role-playing. Students would have to really apply themselves to complete this activity and would walk away with a higher understanding and greater knowledge of the subject and create feelings of empathy and sympathy. The tech of it was well done. The color was appropriate for the subject. Good use and amount of pictures. Sharing the roles by the use of pictures. Great amount of links for research, resources, and credits. Having the activity creating several points of view is a wonderful idea.

Day 18

Today we watched the digital stories that a 5th grade class created. These digital stories help students meet the ISTE NETs for students by promoting students to collaborate and communicate to a creative end. The students did a rather good job on their digital stories.

Day 17

Today we are creating minibiographies of ourselves to be introduced to 5th grades who will make comments to us about what kind of teachers we may become. Creating a minibiography promotes students to use technologies as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information about themselves in a creative and artistic way that may open them up to using technologies more.

Day 16

By deconstructing other Magazine covers it becomes easier to create one of your own. One needs to understand their audience and message. Today we will create our own magazine covers. Creating a magazine cover promotes understanding and utilizing the most appropriate media creation tools and characteristics, while using appropriate expressions and a variety of interpretations.

Day 15

Today we are analyzing media, deconstructing magazine covers. Consciously deconstructing media, such as advertisements and magazine covers, allow understanding of why and how the media is being created. Promotes understanding of the motives and techniques of subconscious persuasion and gives the opportunity of interpretation.

Mag Cover

Day 13, Mar 2

Using Person Bookmarks in our web surfing lives is incredibly useful. It can help us keep track and manage the sites that we frequently use and information on the site, with some ease. It helps us manage the wide variety of sources and abundance of information that we receive and are subjected to in our lives. I am a big fan of Bookmarks and will continue to use them.

Day 14, Mar 4

Today we created a Worddle for Web 2.0. Worddle can help educators in assessing their students understanding of subject matter. Worddle can initiate Creative Thinking in students, by apply brainstorming to elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate Students own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts.

Web 2.0

Hypermedia Slide Show Quiz

Slide Quiz

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