Blog #5 WebQuest 1

WebQuest
I had never heard of WebQuest before, so it was confusing to me at first. I thought that it would be more of a burden than a tool, but the more that I look at it and try to understand the system it's pretty cool. If they were to do WebQuests when I was going through elementary school I would have loved it! Having everything on the computer easily accessible for your homework is great! The students love using and learning all they can about technology.

This is a good way for teachers to scaffold their students. They put an assignment with some links on the computer and let the students go for it. It gives the students freedom to have fun with the assignment, but it also gives them only the good websites that you want them to use. I like how you can put the links right on there so that the students know where to go for their information.

I imagine that WebQuest will be a part of my classroom and teaching style. I think that I'll try using WebQuest for big unit projects in my classroom. I believe that it would be a good idea because some of their assignments will be homework and others they'll work on in class, but if you have the whole unit on the WebQuest then they are able to go through and do the assignment that have been assigned for homework at a particular time. It will help them to stay organized and remember what they've done throughout the unit.

Surface Computing Video
Wow! Surface Computing is so cool! It makes me wonder what else they are going to be able to come out with in the future. We are really going to have to be educated about technology or else the students will be teaching us about technology. I feel that they are coming out with some really amazing things for technology, things that will be able to help us to connect even more with the world around us.