Blog #8
Hi every one,
This week we went over step by step on how to create a filamentality project. This seems like a fun project as well as useful. I like the idea about creating activities because later on we can just add more to it or leave it as it is and use it for our classrooms when we began to teach. I learned that there is no such thing as save for this. All you have to do is click on “spin this thing” in the begging and continue from there. This activity seemed to be very overwhelming in the begging but the only thing that takes time is scanning the sites you choose to put on your web page. The rest was actually kind of fun, especially when you get to the end and you can start working with what colors you want to use for the text, links and the visited sites etc.

When I read the WebQuests one and two I thought it would be fun for children to have that use technology as part of their learning experience. The idea of being able to access sites that allow children to view nature through a web cam, like the one about the whales and marine life, would be very interesting for them to see. This brings a new style of teaching because every topic could be touched on with the use of the web Quests in a classroom. After reading the articles I was amazed at how much technology has influenced upon teaching in early grade levels. The project about the children going back in time and reading stories to experience what occurred during the civil war was an interesting activity. I am kind of worried as far as what will be expected from me in regards to technology in my classroom setting.