Digital Technology Project Reflection

1. Discuss the impact your use of a resource like the TeacherWeb could have on your teaching style and on student learning. What are the strengths and weaknesses of using a resources like TeacherWeb?

Teacher Web is a great resource that will positively impact my teaching style and student learning. It allows me, as the teacher, to administer tests and quizes, and recieve quick feedback from my students. My students can use the links posted on the site for differentiation acitivities, and addtional practice. Teacher Web has many strengths. For example it provides students, parents, and teachers with a quick and easy form of communication. One of the weakness is that it is all on a computer screen. Some students may prefer to have a paper copy of such things as class announcements, or quizzes.

2. Discuss the development of your wiki and webquest in terms of how you see a wiki, and your webquest, impacting student learning. Compare your work spent on the development of your wiki to the perceived benefits students might get out of completing lesson via your wiki webquest rather than a traditional class session.

Wiki are great resources for any teacher to integrate into the classroom. Webquests on Wikis allow students to go back and review specific parts of a lesson that they did not understand. Rather than doing a lesson in class, a Webquest would allow students to complete a lesson on their own time. In a way the are much like online classes that college students can enroll in. Some of the benefits are: Students are allowed to do work on their own time, students can refer to the lesson over and over again until they understand the concept, students can use the online links to help them further understand a specific concept in the lesson.

3. What would be one or two changes you would make to this project that would make it more engaging, meaningful, or more practical for your future classroom use?

To make this project more meaningful, more time is definitely needed. I realize that this is not possible in this program, but it would be more beneficial as we could explore each resource in further detail. Despite this, the timing of it was great. Familiarizing ourselves with technology BEFORE we get into the classroom will be very beneficial.