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.
Friday, November 21, 2008
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.
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