WebQuest

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1. What the WebQuest assignment was all about:

As a group of 4, we were required to create a WebQuest providing students an opportunity to learn history of education in the assigned country among the following: United States of America, People’s Republic of China, United Kingdom, Canada, and Finland. Our WebQuest had to include opportunities to learn all types of information such as the purpose of education, the subjects taught, and more. My group was assigned to work on USA (click on the website above to learn more about the WebQuest our group created).

2. What I learned by working on the assignment:

- I learned that a WebQuest is an internet-based research that emphasizes promoting students' higher-order thinking. - I learned that Zunal.com is a WebQuest maker - I learned how to create my own WebQuest - I gained the experience of being able to work as a group with members I don't know that much. Although we shared the same interest of being "future" educators, it was the first time I met all 3 people in my group, and we worked well together - It was also an opportunity to learn about the history of education in America.

3. How I will use technology/ideas in my future teaching:

- I will use WebQuest assignments often for science and social studies so the children can be involved in their own learning and develop the ability to work in group. - I will use WebQuest assignment sometimes for homework to allow students and parents to do a research together on a given project or topic. - To make children understand better the math concepts behind the operations of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication, I will attempt to use a WebQuest students and teachers could work on together during classroom instruction.

4. NAEYC standard related to the WebQuest assignment:

There are many NAEYC standards the WebQuest assignment is related to, but I have chosen the NAEYC Standard 6: becoming a professinal. The reason I chose professionalism is because by working on the assignment, I learned how to create an instructional website, which helped me to become a better educator. The substandard 6c is: Engaging in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice; using technology effectively with young children, with peers, and as a professional resource. Since that substandard (6c) includes "using technology effectively with young children, with peers, and as a professional resource", It is clear that the content of the assignment definitely matches with the standard 6.