Webquest Proposal

For our Webquest Johnny, Courtney, and I are going to investigate Lake Erie for elementary school children. We will teach the basics: not to pollute the water, how to swim, and various information on local animals, the wild life, and surrounding areas.

We will use Wiki. We already know how to use this wonderful tool! The wiki will be easy to use. There will be print outs, a detailed rubric, and colorful graphics.

classwork

weblog video

technology survey experience

After discussing the survey questions with my group we agreed on many of the questions but the question that we choose to discuss was question number 31, do you agree that technology can be addictive? We agreed that technology can be addicted and we talkd about a story when Johnny fogot his cell phone at home and despritly needed to get ahold of one of his friends but couldnt because he did not have his cell phone. He said that he felt naked without it.

blog entry 5

After reading Nye’s article I found that I agree with a lot of what he said, I agree that the word technology is a slippery term. In today’s society I feel that technology refers to phones, computers, personal organizers, mp3 players, televisions, etc. But I do not think that technology officially defines them because there is so much more to come over the years. Who knows what there will be 100 years from now and the things that we think define technology now could be nothing in the future because everyday we see improvements of things. Technology is always improving and we can never fully expect what there is to come.

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http://www.engrade.com/mrsnodgrass

Engrade makes it possible for students to easily access their grades. It also allows them to view their upcoming tests and quizzes as well as any homework assignments that will be due. I choose this website because i thought that it would help the students stay organized and caught up on their work.

http://www.gameclassroom.com/6th-grade

Gameclassroom is a good website to help kids practice their math. It challenges them but still makes it fun so that they do not get bored with what they are doing. I think this will be helpful because it gives the students a fun but challenging way to practice the math that they are learning in school.

http://www.trackclass.com/dashboard

Trackclass sends students reminders and notes to help them stay organized and to remind them of upcoming assignments they have due. You can keep notes on this program that can be easily accessed so that students have no trouble finding them and reviewing them before a test or quiz. I think this program will be helpful to students because it keeps them on track and gives them reminders of due dates.

http://www.gramlee.com/index.html

Gramlee checks students papers for grammar, punctuation, spelling, structure, and readability. I feel that this would be helpful to students because many times students get points taken off of their papers because of simple mistakes that they missed while they were proofreading. If they sent their papers to gramlee before they turn it in then they wont have to worry about missing easy points on their papers.

http://www.sortfix.com/

Sortfix gives you the best ways to search the internet. It helps improve you search result, giving you better information. I feel that Sortfix will be beneficial to students because many times they have trouble finding legitimate information needed to write research papers or to do other assignments.

Having the right resources when you are trying to learn makes all the difference. Providing the right sources for students is something that i hope i can always do for my students and i feel that i will be able to do so by using some of the web 2.0 apps.

blog entry 3

After interviewing several students on the John Carroll University campus about an ideal course web site i have found that most people are wanting to be able to get the same thing out of it. They all said that it would be helpful to be able to track their grades and upcoming assignments so that they can know what is expected to be done each day in class as well as how they did on each of their assignments. The students that i interviewed also suggested that there were daily notes, power points, and study guides posted on the website that could be easily accessed to help better prepare them for a test.

blog entry 2

I feel that clickcaster and engrade would facilitate my learning learning style. Clickcaster would help me because it allows you to video tape a lecture and download it so that i would be able to re-watch the lecture at a later time. Engrade would benefit me because it would allow me to keep track of my grade and upcoming assignments. For my class I feel like the kids would benefit most from carrotsticks and game classroom. Carrot sticks helps kids from grades 1 through 5 with simple math and multiplication while game classroom offers help with grammar as well as other subjects.

WebLog 1: Class Survey

Hi, my name is Abby Moore everyone calls me Abby. My email address is amoore13@jcu.edu. I am from Chagrin Falls, Ohio. I wish to teach early childhood education after graduating from JCU. I love to play lacrosse, listen to music, and read.

In the classroom i feel most comfortable taking intellectual and creative risks risks when the environment is comfortable and inviting and the teacher is open and and supportive of new ideas. As a student i tend to be more quiet in class and not talk as much as others but I complete my assignments in a timely manner and am in attendance and on time to every class. I believe that i am a visual learner. I have to see stuff be done most of the time before i actually feel confident about the assignment. When i do not understand something in class i typically go to a classmate for assistance first and if i still do not understand the assignment i will confront the teacher.

Im not really sure about what i think the most important technological invention in history is but i do believe that the computer is one of the most important is. There are so many things that can be done and have been accomplished because of the computer. There is technology everywhere and it all affects everyones life. Some of the technologies that i believe are the most essential to my life are the *computer, phones, and television. For me after a typical school day i get home and almost immediately turn on the television or go to my computer, when i get back from class normally school work is the last thing i want to think about for a wile so i watch television or go on my computer to try to relax. One use of technology that i believe is used excessively by children is video games that they play. KIds spend hours in front of the television everyday playing video games and i do not believe that it is positively affecting them. If this were to be the most meaningful and relevant educational class i have ever experienced I wish to do projects in class that will help me learn how to tech children in a simple effective way.

Question:

1) What should i expect to get out of this class?