Well, the end is here and quite frankly I'm sad about it. I've learned so much in ITED 7200. I've never taken a full on-line course so I had to make some adjustments. However, I felt that the course was just as effective as a course that meets in the classroom.
Our last assignment for the semester was to put the finishing touches on our websites. We were to prepare our websites to be commented on by our classmates. We were to initially present our websites in live classroom like we did for our hyperlinked web pages, but Dr. Leader thought it would be better to just do comments. I've already looked at a few of my classmates pages. Sena Pike had a really nice setup about counting currency. She made the site look really inviting to her intended audience of second graders. Seth Megow's site about researching the internet was also very neat.
I've learned so much from this class. My plans are to create a personal website on Google sites just for leisure and to update this blog from time to time. Until then, take care everybody.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Assignment 11
Well, it's hard to believe that the semester is almost over. It has flown by. Even with the semester winding down, basketball season has just begun. Our ladies are currently 3-0. Not a bad start at all. Now, on to ITED 7200.
This week's assignment called for our class to create sections within our website. The process wasn't a hard one at all. Really, it was a review of many of the things we have learned over the course of the semester. We had to create at least three sections, not including the WebQuest activity that we did last week. In addition, we had to put an appropriate graphic on each page. I, and many more of my classmates, used the hyperlinked web page that I created for an earlier assignment. I basically took the sub-sections of the hyperlinked page and made those into sections on my web page. Now I believe that my web page is becoming more complete. At first I really wasn't sure of how my webpage would come out but I am really pleased.
This week's assignment called for our class to create sections within our website. The process wasn't a hard one at all. Really, it was a review of many of the things we have learned over the course of the semester. We had to create at least three sections, not including the WebQuest activity that we did last week. In addition, we had to put an appropriate graphic on each page. I, and many more of my classmates, used the hyperlinked web page that I created for an earlier assignment. I basically took the sub-sections of the hyperlinked page and made those into sections on my web page. Now I believe that my web page is becoming more complete. At first I really wasn't sure of how my webpage would come out but I am really pleased.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
WebQuest Activity
Back at it once again, my friends. This week's assignment was actually given to us about two weeks ago. Dr. Leader decided to give us more time to complete it since it was in depth. We learned about WebQuest activities and had to design one ourselves. WebQuest is a little different from the Big6 Model that we previously learned about. While Big6 has you find the information on your own for an activity, WebQuest actually gives you the resources to complete an activity. We were able to look on the official WebQuest site and view different activities that other educators had designed. Then it was time for us to create either a Big6 activity or a WebQuest activity.
I chose to create a WebQuest activity that dealt with basketball. Keeping with my zone defense scheme, my activity had students creating a portfolio on two different zone defenses. I pretended that they were just hired as a women's basketball graduate assistant coach at the University of Tennessee. They got to choose the two zone defenses from a list of four zone defenses. I found this activity to be very challenging and rewarding at the same time. It forced me to think outside the box, especially when putting together a rubric for the projects to be graded on. I have never done a rubric before so it took me some time to figure things out. If I were to do a WebQuest activity again, I would probably have my players research full-court presses.
I chose to create a WebQuest activity that dealt with basketball. Keeping with my zone defense scheme, my activity had students creating a portfolio on two different zone defenses. I pretended that they were just hired as a women's basketball graduate assistant coach at the University of Tennessee. They got to choose the two zone defenses from a list of four zone defenses. I found this activity to be very challenging and rewarding at the same time. It forced me to think outside the box, especially when putting together a rubric for the projects to be graded on. I have never done a rubric before so it took me some time to figure things out. If I were to do a WebQuest activity again, I would probably have my players research full-court presses.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Fair Use and Copyright
Man, it seems like it has been forever since I last posted! Things are getting crazy around here with basketball season starting next Saturday. Oh yeah, it's game time baby. Anywho, on to ITED 7200.
This past week's assignment taught our class a lesson on the fair use guidelines and copyrights as well as copywrongs. We were to read a couple of readings on fair use and copyrights and then take a "quiz" on what we learned. The "quiz" presented different scenarios and we had to determine if it was permissible to use whatever material the educator needed to use. Some of the answers to the scenarios were eye opening. Lots of people don't realize that some of the things they already do are actually deemed illegal.
We then had to develop our own scenarios and give answers to them. I learned one valuable lesson from this: when in doubt, ask for permission. It doesn't hurt to do that at all.
This past week's assignment taught our class a lesson on the fair use guidelines and copyrights as well as copywrongs. We were to read a couple of readings on fair use and copyrights and then take a "quiz" on what we learned. The "quiz" presented different scenarios and we had to determine if it was permissible to use whatever material the educator needed to use. Some of the answers to the scenarios were eye opening. Lots of people don't realize that some of the things they already do are actually deemed illegal.
We then had to develop our own scenarios and give answers to them. I learned one valuable lesson from this: when in doubt, ask for permission. It doesn't hurt to do that at all.
Monday, October 20, 2008
The Big6
This past week's assignment dealt with using the Big6 method for solving information problems. I was first introduced to the Big6 when I was a freshmen in high school. I'll admit that I didn't pay much attention to the method at that time. I vaugely remembered what it was about and things started to come back around to me when I read the lesson and assignment. The Big6 solves information problems by using six stages. Whether people realize it or not, they actually use different stages of the Big6 when searching for information.
For our assignment, we were to go to Big6.com and find activities that involve the Big6 that people have posted. The first activity I chose was one that used the Big6 to complete income tax returns. It was very informative as I will use this activity when I start doing my income tax returns. Since I couldn't find an activity that centered around basketball, I had to find another activity on the website as a substitute. I chose an activity that helped young students decide what socks to wear using the Big6. The author took a simple task and used the Big6 to help make a decision. If that could be done with even the simplest task then I can only imagine what else the Big6 can do.
For our assignment, we were to go to Big6.com and find activities that involve the Big6 that people have posted. The first activity I chose was one that used the Big6 to complete income tax returns. It was very informative as I will use this activity when I start doing my income tax returns. Since I couldn't find an activity that centered around basketball, I had to find another activity on the website as a substitute. I chose an activity that helped young students decide what socks to wear using the Big6. The author took a simple task and used the Big6 to help make a decision. If that could be done with even the simplest task then I can only imagine what else the Big6 can do.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Google Sites
I never knew that Google had so many toys to play with. Our assignment for the past week called for us to start developing our web sites for our topics. We were to create a homepage and a biography page using Google sites. When I was back in high school, I maintained a web site on Angelfire as a fan page for our high school football team. Developing my page on Angelfire was easy, but Google is much better. There are more bells and whistles to use. In a matter of 15 minutes I was able to create a homepage and biography page with a nice background and complementary text to boot. I can't wait to show off my final product.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Web Page Evaluation
This week's assignment took our class on a journey to evaluate web pages. I must say that I have done something similiar to this before without actually knowing that I was doing an evaluation. We used a check list to thoroughly evaluate two of the websites that we found for our projects. The checklist is a very in-depth one as it has you search for very specific details. For example, it calls for the researcher to see if there is any contact information for the author of the article. Many people wouldn't think to look for something like that.
My topic is a bit different because its not really an academic topic. The majority of the sites that do turn up in my searches are commercial websites. Luckily, I have gathered articles written by some well respected coaches in the game of basketball. The authors for the two websites that I choose to use for this assignment did list their contact information.
My topic is a bit different because its not really an academic topic. The majority of the sites that do turn up in my searches are commercial websites. Luckily, I have gathered articles written by some well respected coaches in the game of basketball. The authors for the two websites that I choose to use for this assignment did list their contact information.
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