WebQuest

Your Role

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___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.

My Autobiography

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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. 

Mike Trout

This article or section has multiple issues.	No
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.	No
The neutrality of this article is disputed.	No
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.	No
This needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling.	No
This may contain material not appropriate for an encyclopedia.	No
This article only describes one highly specialized aspect of its associated subject.	No
This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.	No
This article or section needs to be updated.	No
This article may not provide balanced geographical coverage on a region.	No
This is missing citations or needs footnotes.	No
This article does not cite any references or sources.	No

2. Read through the article and see if it meets the following requirements:

Is it written in a clear and organized way?	yes
Is the tone neutral (not taking sides)?	yes
Are all important facts referenced (you're told where they come from)?	yes
Does the information provided seem complete or does it look like there are gaps (or just one side of the story)?	yes

Wikipedia Questions

a. What is Wikipedia? 

Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”

I feel as if sights that you can edit are not very reliable, because any one can sign on and change things. 

 c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? 

"Wisdom of Crowds"

d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? 

He believed that it should give more authority to experts.

e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? 

Changing a person's bibliography to mean and nasty things. 

f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? 

That there are many Wikipedia articles out there and how can every single one of them be monitored correctly. 

g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? 

I believe it is so successful because some people are not aware of the site and how it is not 100% true, so they use them. 

h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? 

Maybe, because then if someone is advertising on the page they might ask them to change things on it. 

i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?

It shows who is trying to edit things and what they are editing. 

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