WebQuest Part 3

What? We didn't have class on Friday but Kiyna, Erica and I met in the computer lab anyway to work on our WebQuest. We decided from the websites we'd found the week before which ones we would include in the WebQuest and in what order.

So What? I think the information we found on Friday could definitely apply when we do our field work in March. If the teacher has a teach anything about World War 2 to the students, we will be able to use information from the websites we found and hopefully even have the students do our whole WebQuest. I think they will have fun learning the information in a new way.

Even if we don't teach this exact topic during field, we will know how to develop WebQuest's if we choose to do something similar when we teach. We could adjust the information to it applies to what the teacher wants us to teach. I think that it also gives us a better idea of different activities and websites we could go to to find information and activities that will interest the students and not just give them worksheets to do.

Now What? While we were researching information about World War 2, we found some really interesting websites that I think students would find really interesting. I found an interactive house from that time period. The student can click on a room in the house and then different objects in the room and it tells about them. For example, there are heavy curtains called black out curtains in the rooms so that they can shield out all the light during night air raids so the enemy couldn't see light coming from their houses and find the target. I think it is an interesting way to get students interested and involved in learning about the topic. Once they are interested, it will be easier to get them to learn from the lesson and not be bored.

I could use a lot of the websites that we found on Friday in my future classroom to get students interested and engaged in the learning process. Most students now days are used to using technology, computers, and the internet on a daily basis and I could use internet websites to help get the students interested in school and the topics we are covering in class. I think reading some of the information online would be more interesting to them than just reading it all from a textbook.

Video: I liked the video and I thought it was very interesting. I think it's important that we remember that we are not preparing our students the same way that teachers have done in the past. We are trying to prepare them for today's world of advanced technology. We need to remember during all of our lessons as teachers what are goal is and what we want are students to be prepared for when they leave the classroom.