January 25, 2010

So last week when I turned in my proposal for my web quest, I was feeling hurried and came up with a topic (bears) just to turn in my proposal. After thinking it over this past weekend, I came to the conclusion that I chose the wrong topic. Bears is not a topic that I would find useful in my classes. Instead, I hope to be able to change my topic to The Life cycle of a Butterfly. I would definitely use a web quest like this in a classroom. I hope that I am able to change my topic at this time.

I have created a web quest in a previous class. It was a fun experience for myself and I think it would be a fun thing for the students. It would allow them to have fun while learning and also insert technology into their everyday learning. When I was teaching, I liked to teach material thru a number of methods in my room. I enjoyed doing thematic units with my stdents on topics and creating lessons across all the disciplines that related to that topic. This allowed me to incorporate a number of technologies and ways to present the information so that I could reach teh widest range of abilities and inteligences. I think it is a great idea and teaching tool. I look forward to creating a usable web quest for my own classroom, for when I return to teaching.