What, So what, Now what

WHAT:
I absolutely loved class today! Learning about the webquest how simple and fun they can be was great! I think that this is going to be an awesome way to teach my studnets. As I met with my co operating teacher today Mr. Kelly I asked if it would be possible to do one of these for his class and he said sure! I think it is going to be a great activity for me to incoporate into class. While I have been playing around with making one I'm becoming more aware of the fun creative ways to introduce a web quest. Also something I learned today is about the funding of Utah education and how it is just going to get worse. In this up coming year our school district has to make an 5% budget cut! Where that's going to come from is most likely teacher salary...yea that sucks!

So What: Well with the web quest I think this is a great way to do easy and fun lessons. It allows students to use technology...one of the features they love and also communicate with other students. By using a web quest I will be able to save money on paper, also the students should be engaged and I should be able to connect with them better! As far as the funding position goes all I know is I'm in big trouble! It's a good thing I'm not teaching for the money hahaha. Oh yea and also by using the web quest I will be able to produce more lessons and fun activities instead of just reading out of what the kids see as the boring old text book.

Now What:
As I mentioned before I am going to be creating a lesson for the 6th grade class in which I will be teaching. First of all I think the web quest is going to be a great way for these students to use computers (something they all enjoy) as well as being able to communicate with the other students. In order to educate our students we need to make sure they are educated in every area possible...including technology! I plan on starting my web quest asap, the more I do the better I will be at creating them and the more my students will want to participate because they will be fun.