Weekly Blog 8

In this lesson I viewed a PowerPoint presentation and article about The Big6 Skills. I reviewed two activities and discussed if the students in the identified grade level were capable of doing the activity and if it was a worthwhile learning experience. I focused on the Super3. This is a version of the Big6 for younger students. I believe that the Super3 is better suited for the second graders that my Web page is geared to. The Super3 are Plan, Do, and Review. I especially liked the Super3 Dinos activity and plan to use it in my classroom. This activity could be used to teach students how to problem solve in math. In a problem involving coins, a student could plan by deciding what needs to be done and deciding what answers would make sense. The student could do by omitting unnecessary information and evaluating the information to solve the problem. Finally, the student can review by making sure the answer is a plausible answer.

Weekly Blog 7

In this lesson I learned how to design a homepage using Google Page Creator. I began working on my homepage in the Page Editor. I made up my title and changed my layout to be easily understood and child friendly. I added an introductory page that discussed how students can struggle with the concept of coins and bills due to the fact that most parents use credit cards, debit cards, or checks. I enjoyed adding my biography page. I put information about me and my family. I also added a picture of the four of us on vacation this summer. I added a working link to my e-mail and a last updated date.

Weekly Blog 6

To begin this assignment, my group member and I reviewed the Web Page Evaluation Checklist. We went to "stem cells" abortion and evaluated the site with the checklist. Together we discussed what each question meant and how to evaluate our own Web sites. Next, I picked two sites from my bookmarks that I wanted to evaluate. I choose "Facts About Money" and "Let's Go Shopping". "Facts About Money" is a site from Pearson Education. I went to About.com and the information link from the page to find the awards that the site had won. This site had several advertisements on it. "Let's Go Shopping" had a .gov domain and was published by the U.S. Mint. This site was designed to teach students about coins. I believe that both of these sites are useful for my Web page. In this assignment, I learned how to evaluate the Web pages I choose by looking at the URL, scanning the page, checking out the sources, and looking at what others say about the page. I had never thought about going to blogsearch or a directory to see what others said about the site. I found this very helpful.