Reflection: Week 7

What?

This week in class, we started our three-week project on the webquest. We learned what a webquest is, how PowerPoint works, and got into groups to start creating our own webquest. Next week we should have our introduction, conclusion, tasks, process, and objectives completed.

So What?

As a teacher, it is important to create lesson plans that assess in a variety of ways. All of our students will learn and perform differently so we must give every student the opportunity to do what they enjoy. I can definitely see the benefit of incorporating webquests into my lesson plans. Although they take a lot of work to initially begin, they are enjoyable for students. Students will love feeling like they have control over their own learning and playing the role of an adult during the quest.

I believe the main reason we are learning about webquests is for the benefit of our future students. I cannot see myself using this much in other classes unless I had the assignment of creating a webquest, but I know this is beneficial to learn. One main benefit of doing this assignment is to get familiar with PowerPoint. I will learn a lot about this program through creating my webquest and PowerPoint is a program that I use frequently as a student. I am looking forward to improving my PowerPoint skills.

Now What?

Every day I dream about becoming the greatest health teacher my future school will ever know. Because I think about this constantly, I am always making mental notes as to how each assignment can benefit my teaching skills and how it will help me reach my highest potential as an educator. I know that everything we have done in this class so far will greatly assist me in reaching my goals of becoming a great teacher. My students are going to benefit the most from my knowledge of technology, but their parents will also appreciate it.

Even though I feel like I probably will not use webquests a lot in my future class, I think it is important to have at least one per semester. As I said before, it is important to teach and assess in a variety of ways in order to engage every student and to keep lessons exciting and fresh. Kids today are surrounded with technology. They use it constantly for entertainment and education. Even though I was not raised like kids are today, I feel that I am knowledgeable enough about technology to educate my students about its uses, benefits, and dangers. I know it is important that I not only teach them those things, but let them experiment with technology in a safe environment. With an assignment as simple as a webquest, I will be able to give my students that opportunity.

Video Reflection:

This video called "Surface Computing" honestly amazed me. I can't believe how far our world has advanced technologically. Surface computing seems like the kind of device that would only exist on movies, but now it is in the real world ready for us to use. Although surface computing is incredible and may be "the next big thing," I am not partial to it. I already think we have too much technology in this world because people are getting worse and worse and interacting with each other. It seems like most people have to be entertained all the time with some kind of technology. Many people would agree that it can be nice to sit around the coffee table in the family room and have a real discussion with real people, but if everyone gets a surface computer, that will become the topic of discussion around any coffee table.