Reflection #6 and Video #6

What?

In class, we learned about WebQuests and how they are made and shared. We got into our groups and chose what we were going to do a WebQuest on that was appropriate for the grade that our group was. My group was 4th grade and at first our group was talking about doing our WebQuest on fossils. Then we changed it to indians and we chose 2 specific native american groups to incorporate into the lesson/activity that we'll be doing our WebQuest on. We decided to have each student read about certain things of that group like art, traditions, housing, ect... After they research about the two groups, they'll get into groups of their own and using the information that they researched they'll make up their own "group".

So What?

I think that this would be a fun way to do a lesson plan. It would be something that was a little different; it would be using the same material as just writing up the lesson plan but you would be teaching it in a different way. It would be incorporating technology with your lesson plan and give the students a chance to experience something new. They would not only be learning about the lesson information but also about how to use the computers(technology). I think that this would be a fun thing do to with the class.

Now What?

Well I kind of explained how I would apply this in the above paragraph. I think that in learning/using WebQuest, you have an endless opportunity to make learning fun and let your studets experience many different things.

I'm not sure of what I need to work on. I am sure that this is a much more fun way of doing a lesson and the research is time-consuming but fun and worth it.

Video Reflection:

I watched the video on the coffee table that's also a multi-touch computer thing. It was pretty cool how you can use it to send, resize, and many more things to pictures. It was also very interesting that it uses infared lights to detect what was being put on it.

The most interesting thing that it talked about was the fact that you could take a picture with the camera, set the camera on the table and the picture would download itself to the table. Then, you can set your phone on the table and drag the picture to the phone and it would upload right to the phone. That was very very interesting to me, it's so crazy how technology just keeps changing.