Week 4

       Today in class we learned how to create a Webquest. We watched a video on how the first Webquest was created and what it is used for. Webquests are used as a good way for the students to interact in a fun way on the internet. There are a whole bunch of different components to a creating a webquest. Some of the most important things are; The introduction, the task, the processes, the resources and the evaluation. Each one of these components plays a special role in creating a webquest. I think that the most important feature is the task. You have to have a good task in order for everything else to fall into place. The next most important is the processes. You have to make the process fun for the kids so that they enjoy and learn from this experience.
      
    I think that I could use this tool in my classroom. It would be kind of hard to incorporate into a mathematics lesson but it can be done. As I was doing some research and browsing around of all the different math webquests there are, there are some great ideas. They had a lot of good examples of algebra and calculus. I think that the calculus webquest would be able to help me out now in my higher level calc class. Which is good and I am glad that I found some of them. I defiantly intend on going home and looking more into them to see not only how I can use them in my classroom but also for my own personal studies.


     Some of the ITSE standards that we covered in class today as Teachers are:

• Model Digital Age and Work: We learned about a new type of technology and how to use it based off of our current knowledge of technology.  We also collaborated with our peers in the classroom and bounced ideas off of each other
• Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity:  We worked face to face in a virtual environment. 

    Some of the ITSE standards that we covered in class today as Students are:

•   Commutative Collaboration: Students will need to collaborate with their classmates when they are working on group presentations.
• Research and Information Fluency: Students will need to come up with an idea for their Webquest and will need to do research on the internet in order to come up with ideas for their projects.
• Technology Operations and Concepts: Students will need to understand and know how to use technology.