Thursday, July 5, 2012

Webquest introduction

I really like this Webquest thing. I think because it pulls together a lot of medias in one place. It also looks to be rather user friendly.

I can't settle on just one role. I am a hybrid of two. The affiliator and the altiudinist( I think that one is a made up term). The affiliator likes the group scenarios where students must work together , collaborate and discuss. This is imperative in the health care field, where the teams must be able to work together, collaborate and discuss. I am also an altitudinist, I believe higher level education is very important but not the only thing. I also believe that technology is justified in schools but not the only reason. My students must use their brains for critical thinking not just memorization. They also need to know what resources are available to them.

Of the 5 webquests, I felt that Ancient Egypt was the best because it was a group activity and required everyone to participate on the end result. I also liked John Wilkes Booth, a lot of research which adds to higher learning, but only peer interactivity. Not as a group.I liked Poetry of War but not as well as the other two. It didn't make my worst list. Because of the out of the box thinking about poetry and digital technology. But I didn't care for the dark red and there was no evaluation tool.
The worst to me was Creative Encounters. Too many bad colors, very distracting. I couldn't get past the introduction.

1 comment:

  1. I'm glad you decided to combine two roles! Good evaluation of these WebQuests based on the perspectives you chose to evaluate them with.

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