When I become a teacher

WebQuest

Your Role

___Efficiency Expert

_x__Affiliator

___Altitudinist

___Technophile

Your Impressions

WebQuest	Strengths	Weaknesses
Grow School Greens	They work in groups.	No weaknesses
Where is My Hero?	They work with others.	No weaknesses
Underground Railroad	They work together in a group and as a class	No weaknesses
Ice Cream	They work in groups.	There are no weaknesses
Ancient Egypt	They work with one other person	No weaknesses

Which two of example WebQuests listed on the Elementary link are the best ones? Why?
The two best ones were Unraveling the Underground Railroad, because it was very structured and also had fun with it. It seems very interesting and the teachers even get involved. And the other one was the Where is my Hero, because this one teaches morals for the students. Some students may not understand the word hero.

Which two are the worst? Why?
The two worst were Ancient Egypt, because it was very wordy, and not very well structured. The other was the Grow School Greens, because this is very time consuming, it may take too much time out of learning.


What do best and worst mean to you?
Best means that it is going to be educational, but also they are entertaining for the students. It is very well structured and easily understandable. Worst means that it is not as educational or entertaining for the students. It isn't very structured for the students and hard to understand. Or it is too long and could become boring to the students.

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Life on the Screen

Quote: "Our system of education is locked in a time capsule. You want to say to the people in charge, 'You're not using today's tools! Wake up!"

Response:
 I totally agree with this statement. A lot of schools are still using the old way to teach. They are not making anything different from when they first started teaching. They need to change the way they teach as time goes on. New tools are being made for a reason to make things easier and more interesting and teachers need to start to realize that they need to use them. It will make students want to attend school more. If students know that they are going be having fun in class, it will make it more enjoyable for them to attend.

Reference:

Daly, James. "Life on the Screen: Visual Literacy in Education | Edutopia." K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work | Edutopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. http://www.edutopia.org/lucas-visual-literacy.

Related Source:

A teacher is using new tools  to teach her classroom.

Reference:

"IWB – New Technology In Old Ways? « Mister Norris." Mister Norris. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://misternorris.com/2011/10/iwb-new-technology-in-old-ways/>.

Glass Giant

Social Networking Banned for Sex Offenders

The argument in this article is that sex offenders should not be banned from social networking sites. They were stating why sex offenders should not be banned from social networking sites. 

The evidence presented to support the argument was that some sex offenders are not in danger of children. That some sex offenders are on listed as a sex offender because of visiting prostitutes or peeing in public. They also state that there are very low incidents where a sex offender harms a child because of social networking.

I believe that if the sex offender is listed as one because of rape or molestation then they should not have the privileged of social networking. I know if I had a child I would not want the chance of a sex offender finding my child on their and watching them on their site. 

Friend Not Foe

1.  Did the class activity about Wikipedia and this article change your opinion about the value of Wikipedia to society in general and education specifically?

Yes, I did not realize that people can easily change the information to the correct information. And that you can see where they have corrected things. Wikipedia still may not be the best source for information, but I do realize it could be a better source of information than what some teachers make it out to be. 

2.  Describe how you might direct students to use Wikipedia in your future classroom.  ( Blogging Points for this assignment)

I would have my students read the article about how you can tell if information was corrected or needs corrected on the Wikipedia. I would tell them not to use it as their main reference, but for little parts of it they could if they knew they were reading it correctly.