Sunday, October 25, 2009

Webquests

We spent the morning getting to know a cool web tool. While I have seen and used Webquests a bit before, today was the first time I was able to really understand their capabilities in the classroom. After looking at several different webquests, it was easy to see strengths and weaknesses, and therefore start to see a direction in which I would like to go when designing my own. I definitely need to do some research on webquests that are more appropriate for the age of the children I teach, but I have some pretty good ideas brewing already!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

And we're off!


While I have blogged for other purposes, this is a new adventure. A grad school reflection blog. Currently, my fondest reflection is simply that I'm one class down with 10 to go. And if this blog goes well, I have hopes of getting a decent grade in my second. Here's hopin'.