Blog Post #6

Blog Post #6
Topic: Summarize and reflect on what you've learned this week.
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            As we look towards the end of this class, it is time to take an in-depth look at our final project: the WebQuest. WebQuests, which are described as “inquiry-oriented activities in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet” were invented by Bernie Dodge and Tom March back in the mid-1990's. For our final project, we will be developing a WebQuest that we can use in our own classroom. Google Sites, the website building tool offered by Google, will be the accessible software used to create and share our project.
https://sites.google.com/site/studentwebquesttemplate/
            WebQuests consist of several main components. These components include an introduction, task, process, evaluation, and conclusion. All of the information needed to create an effective quest that is informative, follows an educational path, can be assessed, and creates a connection to the subject matter in a meaningful way can be included in this format. While WebQuests can cover many topics and concepts, I chose to create a quest that helps illustrate the way music influences our emotions. The students will be required to watch visual prompts in the form of current movie clips and trailers and to write a description, using as much descriptive imagery as possible, of how it makes them feel with and without music and to ultimately provide their own chosen soundtrack. They will be assessed using a teacher created rubric. Questions they should also answer include:
1. What emotions do you feel when listening to different music?
2. What do you associate with what you hear?
3. Why do you believe that is the case?

            Also this week we were tasked with identifying five concepts/topics from the chapter that we have not readily considered before. These topics ranged from assistive learning to project based learning. I had not considered technology as a way to enhance differentiated assistive learning for students, but it would be a great way to reach students who have assistive needs. This use of technology to advance student involvement and learning should be a reminder to us all that we have great resources at our fingertips that allow us to do so much more than could be done even a few years ago. 

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