WebQuests

Not excited about this WebQuest. I do not ever see myself using a WebQuest as a future teacher. The main reason is that WebQuests rely too heavily upon the internet. This is good if it teachers students internet research and integrity skills. But when the teacher has already chosen all of the material, the WebQuest does not teach research and integrity skills. It just gives students quicker access to materials. Maybe in my WebQuest I can incorporate some of this. But even if I did, I just don't see myself using a WebQuest as a teacher. They're kind of complicated. Maybe my perspective will change after I finish the project.

Web Page

It was fun, albeit challenging, to create a web page. I liked combining creativity with critical thinking. For instance, I was able to choose aesthetically pleasing pictures but I had to structure them so they enhanced the content of my website. It was challenging, but fun.

However, I'm still unsure if I'd use this tool as a teacher For instance, is it practical? Will I have time to maintain a current website easily accessible to students? Also, does keeping a website make it an unfair advantage to students who have internet access and a useless resources for those whom do not have access all the time? I'm not sure. However, one encouraging thing is that while checking my email at work, I saw that where I work (a hs) offers internet training courses to teachers as well as the software through which to create your own web page. This is encouraging because it means schools at least offer the time and resources through which to create such an instructional tool.