Assignments

Chapters 1 & 2 Discussion with Gyewon
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**Website Evaluation - Study Jams**
===This website evaluation was done on the website Study Jams. This is a site that I use almost daily in my classroom to help with the instruction of Math and Science. It is very helpful and I highly recommend it!===

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**Research Project Rationale**
For my project, I plan to research Wikis. Although I already use Wikis, both through this class and for school use, I would like to learn new ways to use them with my students. I am already familiar with Wikis in school because the teachers on my team and I use them to record behavior points that we keep on the fifth graders. I would also like to find other websites to create Wikis on, as Wikispaces is the only site that I have ever used or heard of. I have had a few ideas, but would be interested in learning about using Wikis for both individual student use (as we do in this class) and for using them whole class. I would also like to see the things that other teachers think are important as far as what to include when teaching the students how to use the Wiki. I forsee various ideas for beginning to use these in my classroom but am sure that there is a plethora of others out there waiting to be found and used!

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**Evaluation of Webquest**
Shark Conservation Webquest

I have some sick obsession with sharks. Shark week is one of my favorite weeks in the summer even though I am petrified of ever coming in real contact of them in person. It is crazy to be fascinated and petrified of something at the same time but… this is why I chose to find a webquest about sharks.

The topic of “Shark Conservation” definitely caught my eye and interest, but the overall aesthetics of the site were somewhat bland. While there were no mechanical errors that I picked up on, the layout itself was the same throughout the whole webquest. The pictures were relatively the same size and located in the same place. The navigation and flow was organized well, with only one place in the first task that I thought students may get lost. I felt that the level of the motivation of the Intro would depend on the audience in which was completing it. My students, 5th graders, would be somewhat interested, while I was really interested. The Intro did build on the learners’ prior knowledge and prepared the learner well for what they were about to discover further.

The task and process rated mediocre in my book. The webquest was not connected to any standards, and there was “limited significance of students’ lives”. Some of the tasks required students to analyze information in order to answer, while some was purely factual. There was a possibility for students to get lost in at least one place (Task #1) even though some tasks were assigned as group work. The group work was not overly specific as to who was to do what. I did believe that the resources were relevant to finding what students needed to research, although some links no longer worked and some tasks did not include links to find the information. Last but not least, the evaluation was sufficient in gaging student learning. It was broken down by task and even had a quiz at the end. I was interested, however the teacher in me saw things to fix.

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**WebQuest Topic**
For my webquest, I will be focusing on Astronomy for 5th grade Science in preparation for the Science MSA. Students will research Earth vs. other planets to explain why Earth is the only planet that can support life.

VSC Standard 2.D.1.b. D. Astronomy

Indicator

 * **1.** Identify and compare properties, location, and movement of celestial objects in our solar system.

Objective
b. Identify the properties of the planet Earth that make it possible for the survival of life as we know it.
 * Temperature
 * Location
 * Presence of an atmosphere
 * Presence of water (solid, liquid, and gas)

** WebQuest on the Solar System **
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**Collaborative VoiceThread with Gyewon**

 * [|The Planet Challenge VoiceThread]**

**Chapter 8 Discussion**
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=**Research Project**=

Prezi Presentation
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