Saturday, June 13, 2009
Willie
This week we had a chance to complete a web-quest like activity to determine information about the tall-tale Willie. I personally enjoyed this activity a lot! First, it wasn't that complicated which means those with few technology skills could use it. Second, it was interesting! It required creative thinking to solve the problems, using knowledge from many subjects including math, social studies and even art. Third, for some it may require using other resources (whether those be classroom books or online resources) which builds on resource skills. Fourth, it was great to incorporate another type of technology into the last part of the lesson where we drew our version of Willie using drawing software. Because of these reasons I could really see myself using this in a future classroom. I think it would be really interesting to do an example for my students like we did in our class (I could see it being a really interesting form of assessment!) and then having a project for them where they create their own. It would definitely lend itself to a greater 'theme'. I know some schools have an apple them where all subjects are related to it. Then the students could have the clues come from a variety of subjects. Just another great way to incorporate meaningful technology into the classroom.
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I also found the web-quest activity really intriguing. It was a multifaceted problem solving. It required us to challenge our higher order thinking skills, such as analysis, compare and contrast, synthesis, and so on. I thought that use of sort of simple software program like Kid Pix was also very helpful. Students would not feel much stress out of having to use technological skills. Two comments are: First, students would have more fun out of small group work, collaborating among them for different content knowledge. Second, technological skills needed for the activity should be very simple and user-friendly, as they are focusing on learning specific content and not learning technological knowledge.
ReplyDeleteMigyu brings up a good point - that this would be a good collaborative activity. I do agree. I had you work alone just to go through the process like a student... but a good reminder for group work sometimes too! Glad you liked the activity!
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