WebQuest

WebQuest

Your Role

___Efficiency Expert

___Affiliator

___Altitudinist

__X_Technophile

Your Impressions

WebQuest	Strengths	Weaknesses
Gorillas	In the WebQuest there are websites that the students can use to answer the given questions. Also to help with the "chart" they will make of the different stages in a gorilla's life. As well as the chart on the different types of gorillas.	I feel that when the students answer the questions they will just be doing a fill in the blank search.
Shakespeare	With this WebQuest students will have individual roles and teach eachother what they have learned on the websites provided. The students have to have a scrapbook (I believe they can do an electronic one), a powerpoint, and a scene or sonnet. There are links to different websites for information.	It does not have any questions for the studnets to answer to show they are understanding the material, and heading in the right direction for there projects.
Earthquake	There is websites to help the students head in the right direction with their research. The students will also be using PowerPoint presentaions.	This WebQuest does not use a lot of technolgy it is all hands on work.
Foreign Country	The students will be using the internet, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint.	The students are not being exposed to as much technology as they could be.
Waves & Sound	The are certain websites the students are supposed to use.	Students are not creating anything themselves, and do not have free range on the information. There are only certain websites they can use.

Photo analysis

This could be used in my math calss for velocity and force.
1.How much force is needed for the cheetah to prople himself forward?
2.How long would it take the cheetah to travel 6 miles at 40mph?
3.How fast is the cheetah going if he travels 5 miles in 10 minutes?
4.How fast would you have to run to out run a cheetah?

Working Obama

People	Objects	Activities
Obama	Boat	Walking
BP Employees	Ocean	Smiling
	Cement Barriers	Watching
	Flag

Concerned Obama

People	Objects	Activities
Obama	Books	Scowling
	Shirt
	Button

Chapter 6: Analyzing Students' Multimodal Texts: The Product and the Process

1. Why do educators need to be careful about terms like "Digital Native"?

Educators 9need to be carefull when using the term Digital Native because there is so many varying degrees of "Digital Natives". There are so many degrees because not everyone has the same exposure to technology.

2. What outcome occurs when young people are encourage to transform their understanding of particular topics by designing a multimodal text?

When students are encourageed to transform their understanding of particular subjects to a multimodal text there is always a positive outcome.

3. You may skip the section titled "Context for the Project".

4. What was the goal of the project in terms of product?

The goal was to track the development of the participants multimodal literacies over a two year period, and comparing the first and the last products made.

5. What was the goal of the project in terms of process?

The goal was to gain a deeper understanding of how multimodal texts were created, specifically when the students were working at computers in pairs.

6. How were the participants for the study selected?

The students who were selscted all studied the subject of Study of Society and the Environment (SOSE).

7. Describe the task students engage is for the purpose of this study?

The students created two websites.

8. Explain how the researchers compared the student created multimodal texts?

Which students worked collaboratively in pairs, had fully completed the task, and the video screen data recordings were intact and complete.

9. What differences in Jenny's PowerPoint presentation do you find the most interesting?

10. How is working together on a computer unlike working together using a pencil and paper?

Working with a computer in pairs differs from using pencil and paper because you can do so much more on a computer and do things faster.

11. What was interesting about student's behavior as they collaborated on a task at the computer?

They all had different ideas when it came to what was a priority.

12. What can teacher learn about designing learning activities that involve the creation of multimodal texts from this study?

13. According the the conclusion of this study, what do student need to learn in order to successful complete a multimodal text construction?

Students need to develop their reflective and evaluation processes in relation to a task. Also they need to have traditional skills for sucessful task completion.

14. Are you surprised by the conclusions drawn in this study?

No because there is such a broad generalization for Digital Natives, and even though this was a study and the students only had an alloted amount of time some still didn't finish when they were supposed to. I think this is because of otrher factors in the students lives.

August 14, 1945
Why was this man kissing this woman?
Where are they?
What events were taking place that day?

Double journal Entry #7

1.       Choose one of the unprecedented stresses on the earth resources and describe how it will negatively affect the quality of life of people living in developing countries and people living in modernized countries.

   One of the unprecedented stresses I worry most about is the scarcity of water. I worry because it only takes three days without water and the human body starts to shut down and you die. If water gets to the point of there not being enough it will have to be rationed. It will negatively affect both developing countries and modernized countries in the same way because whoever has the most power or money in the country will receive the water first. Then if they run out on the way down the “ladder” then you’re just SOL.

 

2.       What is the major debate around the future of market-based economies?

  The major debate is how to balance out there market-oriented economies, and while this debate is going on there is also no thought into doing a wholesale and returning to central planning or even to state enterprise.

 

 

3.       How has this technological revolution different the previous technological revolutions and what two factors of production and now more important than capital, labor and raw materials?

  This technological revolution is centered on low-cost telecommunications and information technologies, which has caused many side revolutions. In today’s revolution is mostly about the transformation of time and distance, which is much more important than capital, labor, and raw materials.  

 

4.       What new service ideas have you had direct experience with? Drawing on your personal experience what are the benefits and drawbacks of these new service ideas?

  I have had direct experience with information services. The benefits to these are you can find out whatever you like whenever you like, but the drawback is sometimes when you are ,for example, calling to get help with your computer they make you talk to a computer animated voice that only understands yes or no.

 

Quote:

By 2020 China could be well on its way to becoming once again the world’s largest economy.

 

Response:

I chose this quote because this concerns me. China is coming up the ranks because only the brightest children are allowed to go on and have more education and that is why there “averages” are so high. Also because when their children are in school they there far longer than American students. With that many bright young adults coming into the work force and helping develop new technologies it is no wonder that China will be the world’s largest economy.  

Seven Power Lens on 21st Century Literacy

1) What is semiotics?
     Semiotics is the study of how the reading of signs and symbols together communicate complicated ideas in the form of codes. For example in the reading it talks about President Clinton wearing his "usual dark suit with a stylish blue shirt and red tie" fro American readers this is perceived as patriotism. 
2) How can teachers capitalize on students preferred literacy behaviors?
By understanding students preferred literacy behaviors we, as teachers, can use that to our advantage while teaching the students what they need to know.
3) According to this article why is it important for students to learn to analyze the news media? 

If students do not learn to interpret the media they could miss out of something being said in between the lines. 

4) Copy and Paste a West Virginia CSO that a photo analysis activity might address in a content area.

M.O.PS.5.2:
using a real-world problem solving investigation, create and interpret data using various methods of displaying circle graphs, histograms, and frequency curves, make predictions, include information concerning  outliers, present and justify results.

Instructional Guides

• Probability and Statistics Mathematics/Probability and Statistics

Power Standards

• Power Standard 1 Mathematics/Probability and Statistics

Quote:

Using information literacy, we can evaluate the 

“authority” of the reporter.

Response:

I chose this quote because with information literacy we can learn about anything. In the article they Google the reporter, and the research Theodore Roosevelt. Because we have Google, Bing, and Wikipedia we can just search what we want to know and bam there it is.    With all this knowledge at the tips of our fingers we need to know how to interpret it. that is why using information literacy is so important. 

Double Journal Entry #6

1.Technoevangelists are advocates of something therefor I am not an advocate of technoskeptics.

2.Because digital native has such a broad time span and technology changes so much how is to say who are that digital natives.

3. A) Transmission model-one-size fits all mentality, assumes all knowledge can be disseminated to all learners regardless of individual differences and learning styles (5)

B) Interactionalist pedagogy is aligned with what Tapscott views as the requirements and opportunities of the digital age. (6)

4. A) Pedagogy-the function or work of a teacher; teaching

B) Luddities-a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.

C) Semiotic– of or pertaining to signs

D) Multimodality- an attribute or circumstance that denotes mode or manner

Quote:

Digital natives are working in your organization today. They are solving business problems, building social network, and creating new processes, with or without your help or support.

Response:

I chose this quote because I completely agree. We, digital natives, are out there helping everyone including “technophobes” and “technoskeptics”. Because of the technology out there today we have new and easier ways of accessing information and using it to the best of our abilities. We use defined processes but are constantly creating new ones of our own, and there is resistance and negative feedback. The current generation is reinventing the workplace and society. The technophobes and skeptics need to embrace that the flow of knowledge goes both ways. If not some will be left behind.

Source:
Thomas, Michael. Deconstucting the Digital Natives. New York: Taylor & Francis , 2011. eBook.

Double Journal Entry #4

Quote:

“Today’s digital youth are in the process of creating a new kind of literacy.”

“Many educators express concern about young people’s increased reliance on Wikipedia as a resource for their homework assignments and research projects.”

“These teachers worry that youth aren’t developing an appropriate level of skepticism about the kinds of information found on this particular site.”

Response:

I chose this quote because think that he is right. Today’s youths are creating their own kind of literacy with their own rules. I think that we are doing a good job of it to because of all the controversy of it. Which with all things new there is a fight for people to accept change. Not that long ago women were expected to wear dresses all the time and not allowed to vote. When these changes accord there was controversy and I do not expect any less now. Just like with Wikipedia, it is a new kind of technology that they do not fully understand, and there is big controversy. In the article Jenkins talks about the negative review of it because of one mistaken fact. Yes, there are more mistakes, but with anything that you read there could be misinformation given. What teachers should do when their students use Wikipedia and find mistaken facts is contact the administrators and have the mistake fixed. Also if they are so worried about the students not having enough “skepticism” warn them, but still let them have the experience of using it. And have them compare the information they find on the site to other sources. Instead of banning Wikipedia from researchable use and give it a bad reputation.

Source:

Jenkins, Henry. "WHAT WIKIPEDIA CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE NEW MEDIA LITERACIES (PART ONE)." Confessions of an Aca-Fan — — The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2012. <http://henryjenkins.org/2007/06/what_wikipedia

My view point on learning styles is conflicted because I think that people learn in different ways but at the same time we can’t categorize them. While watching the video I thought about how I learn and, for example, how I thought about a German Shepard’s ear I thought a picture of a German Shepard’s ear. I believe that certain things you have to learn visually, audibly, or kinesthetically because students need all of these in one way or the other. For example visually, students need to see the shape of a circle to know what it is, and audibly we need to hear the sound of a guitar to know what it sounds like. Lastly, we need to touch velvet and silk to know what they feel like. That sounds simplistic but it is because those are all things that we learn over the course of our lives.

Quote:

“According to BBC News many educators do not use video games in learning. They think this kind of technology is only for fun and does not benefit their children.”

Response:

I chose this quote because from my experience I have only encountered computers and smart boards in classrooms. I think that by refusing to use other technology in the classroom educators are limiting student’s learning. Today, kids are more interested in using their IPods and cellphones than old fashioned copying notes from the chalkboard. I think that if students could bring their computers, IPods, IPads, and cell phones to school then educators could use them to their advantage. I don’t mean using them every day because it will take a while to figure out a good way to use these items without misuse, but I am sure that it can be done.

Source:
Web 2.0 and emerging learning technologies/learning styles [Web log message]. (2011, May 19). Retrieved from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Styles

Double Entry Journal #2

Quote:

“Young people commonly check up on their friends' activities by viewing their online photo albums or status reports, obviating the need for a phone call or e-mail, much less a face-to-face visit. One popular move is to post a Happy Birthday greeting on the Wall (a semi-public message board) of a friend's Facebook page without making real personal contact.”

“People exercise control in the way they design their pages: Staged photographs, exaggerated profiles, and padded friends lists enable online users to manipulate how others see them.”

Response:

                I chose these quotes because I felt he was saying that we purposely avoid face-to-face or more personal contact, and also was stereotyping young people’s online profiles. I disagree with the avoiding contact because in this day in age everyone is constantly on the move and has a busy schedule. For instance, I have classes all day on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays so I don’t have time to call my cousin in Canada to tell her Happy Birthday. It is much easier for both of us if I just write on her Facebook wall, and when she has time to comment back, she will. I feel that writing on someone’s wall is the same as an email only that everyone we are friends with can see it. As for some profiles they are staged and exaggerated, but others are not. Some people may want the online world to see them differently than they actually are, but I feel that your online profile should be an extension of yourself. After all, people get on social networking sites to communicate with one another. Why not be real?

 

 

Sources:
Baron, N. (2009). Educational leadeship. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language¢.aspx

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