Hello! This week I am working on researching about webquests to use in the classroom! A webquest is a form of project-learning. Teachers create a webquest for their students to work on independently during class at their own pace. They are hosted on a website for students to access. Each webquest includes an introduction, task, process, resources, evaluation, and conclusion. The students read through the assignment and do their research using preapproved websites. They then create a project to show what they learned at the end. The more I learn about webquests, the more versatile I realize they are. Webquests can be a fun way for students to learn just about any subject! Keep an eye out for my webquest in the next couple weeks!
Want to learn more? Click here for an article that further explains webquests.
Here are some helpful resources that have sample webquests...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Symbaloo
This week we learned about a new web tool called Symbaloo! Symbaloo is an easy way to save, organize, and access important bookmarks on the web. It is easy to add new icons for websites that are helpful and commonly used. An account comes with a "home mix" of your top picks and then you can follow other mixes that may be useful as well. My Symbaloo includes various education tools as well as specific Social Studies links to use in the future! Check it out!
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
The Benefits of Blogging in the Classroom
Blogs can be used in a variety of ways in a school setting including...
~ for discussion between students and teachers
~ present projects to others
~ embed photos, videos, presentations, etc. to share resources
~ as a newsletter to update parents about what is going on in the classroom
Blogs fit into the curriculum of many subjects because they are a great use of technology and can be used to publish a variety of projects for students to share between each other to enhance learning. One example of the use of a blog would be if students were studying different countries in Social Studies. I would have my students each create a blog to have a journal to share with their classmates. The students could journal as if they were in their assigned country and say what foods they eat, what hobbies they have, where they go, activities they do, and more to share the culture of their country in a unique way. They could also embed pictures from the country, short videos, or songs from their country.
The purposes of blogging include publishing works and sharing resources with others in a new way that is accessible to students wherever there is a computer, inside or out of the classroom. Students are able to save their work as it is in progress in the cloud and then share it with everyone when they are finished.
~ for discussion between students and teachers
~ present projects to others
~ embed photos, videos, presentations, etc. to share resources
~ as a newsletter to update parents about what is going on in the classroom
Blogs fit into the curriculum of many subjects because they are a great use of technology and can be used to publish a variety of projects for students to share between each other to enhance learning. One example of the use of a blog would be if students were studying different countries in Social Studies. I would have my students each create a blog to have a journal to share with their classmates. The students could journal as if they were in their assigned country and say what foods they eat, what hobbies they have, where they go, activities they do, and more to share the culture of their country in a unique way. They could also embed pictures from the country, short videos, or songs from their country.
The purposes of blogging include publishing works and sharing resources with others in a new way that is accessible to students wherever there is a computer, inside or out of the classroom. Students are able to save their work as it is in progress in the cloud and then share it with everyone when they are finished.
New Beginnings
Welcome to my blog! I am currently going to college to become a teacher. For this class I am learning about and discovering new methods to teach Social Studies in the classroom. I will use this blog to post my new discoveries that I think will be helpful in my future teaching career! I am excited to learn different ways to incorporate technology into teaching Social Studies someday.
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