This blog is on webquests.  Webquests can be used very effectively as a tool for education.  Because of their ability to adapt and change with the web, webquests can be used and grow with each use.  I think that they could be used as a tool to teach history.  I don't like it personally because of its lack of personal interactin but that seems to be the trend of education in the future.

no future left behind

Wow. what a video.  I would first like to say that I don't really know the way these children relate to my education.  They say that I had the chance but I lived in the in between years of education and internet.  I do see their point though, we need to change but as educators we are restricted by standards and curriculum.  I've seen many different types of videos and presentations on why we should change but I think they are barking up the wrong tree.  If change is needed then the restrictions must come off.  It's not educators that are keeping the status quote but the government.  Change the regulations and free up the system to breed change instead of holding all schools to the same standards.  The other thing is how do the poorer children fit into these children's future? What of those who cannot be on the internet at home and don't know the basest of educational standards?  Those with no support at home?  Education is  like pants everyone wears em differently.

July 10 2012

This blog is so late but I just learned from watching the web 2.0 video that I even needed to do it.  What I want from this class is to learn to use tools effectively in the classroom.  I would like to become more proficient in things like the missing of a whole assignment because of my ignorance of online navigation and application.  I would also like to use the internet for my own educational reasons.  I love history and see the internet and web 2.0 as an essential tool to my growth as a person.  I've never enjoyed computers but see them as a necessary tool for me in the future.