What would Socrates Say?

After reading "What would Socrates Say?" by Peter W. Cookson, Jr., I believe that Socrates would approve of webquests. Socrates believed that you learned through continual questioning and unconventional inquiry. Webquests makes you use your critical thinking skills by setting up tasks for groups of students to accomplish and processes they have to take to get there. It's more than surfing the internet, it's applying what you've learned. Socrates used the knowledge he had to question the status quo. Webquests will let students look at things in different perspectives. Socrates didn't teach in a classroom. He taught wherever their was a learning experience. He felt that the best teaching tool was "purposeful conversation". Webquests allow for all kinds of teaching experiences if they're well constructed.

After reading through Taxonomy, I have concluded that my webquest is set up under Designs Tasks.

Webquest: Hawaiian Luau

This webquest http://questgarden.com/85/93/2/090805174558/ was done by Megan Connelly and is geared toward 3rd grade math. This will help student's plan a party and stay within budget.

Changes I would make:
Theme
Standards to WV
Remove under teacher's page Process part

Finding a webquest

http://questgarden.com/85/93/2/090805174558/
This is the link to the webquest I will be working with.

MULTIMEDIA VS WRITTEN PAPERS

Should Students be allowed to create multimedia projects instead of writing papers in school?
I feel that there should be a combination of both. Multimedia wasn't taught back when I was in school. I learned my multimedia skills in the military but only enough to do my job. It is hard for me in this class and my info1100 class because I don't have many skills. I enjoyed doing the photostory, even though it took me awhile, because I am adding to my knowledge which will help me with my future students. Teachers need to teach their students how to write properly before sending them out into cyberspace. It is just as important to know proper grammar, sentence structure, and spelling for the digital tools because many people can see your work (maybe even future employers) so you don't want to come across uneducated. Writing papers is good because students do more research and more drafts to make it better. It takes more time and effort. Students can check their own grammar and spelling when using the computer which is kind of cheating.
"Power of One" is a great example of what Jason Ohlera was saying in "Orchestrating the Media Collage". The multimedia reaches and influences more people than books, magazines, or even newspapers. "Orchestrating the Media Collage" made a great point about how fast technology is changing and a person can be left behind if they're not up to date. Teachers have a responsibility to teach their students how to safely and properly use the digital resource tools. The NETST Standards that go along with both of the above items are: 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4a.

When I Become A Teacher by Dawn Efaw

Webquests

Two best Webquests: John Wilkes Booth & Creative EncountersOverall, we came to the conclusion that John Wilkes Booth and Creative Encounters encorporated most of the ideals that all four roles were looking for. They were both technologically helpful and included links and resources. Both required a higher-level thinking and collaboration/teamwork. Also, both were time efficient and gave a deep understanding of the topic at hand.Two worst Webquests: Landfills & Poetry of WarThese two webquests lacked web use and researching. They also did not have much collaboration. They were very time consuming. While they are good assignments that could be used in the classroom, using webquest doesn't offer much of an advantage over a worksheet in a classroom.Best, to us, means that the webquest met most of the criteria described in each of the 4 roles we took while reading. Worst, though they were not bad assignments, means that they did not reflect the ideals represented

Photostory Issues

I started my Photostory this morning at the library and posted the 5 pictures, but in class I tried to go back into my saved project and it wasn't there. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???? Ok now I have to go back in and refind my photos.

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