Friday, March 27, 2009

The standard that I want to focus on is helpings students develop a sense of self, through the objective of adopting and basic safety habits (wear seatbelts, practice bike safety, crossing the street) 

Task I was thinking could be demonstrating the basic seatbelt habits, and having them practice correct bike safety by giving them situations in which they can move the character step by step through the correct process of these certain  safety habits.  

Friday, March 20, 2009

Some ideas I have for the webquest is learning about safety habits, this is a core standard for 2nd grade which I will be teaching. Some activities ideas I have are coming up with situations where the children will learn about which safety habits are helpful in which situations. Also, ways to prevent accidents for happening. Help them to recognize how they can help themselves and each other in an emergency situation.  

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The website evaluations were helpful. They were not to lengthly and they helped me to see if the website was good quality or if it was just another website. Some of the things I disliked about the forms was that they were not always printer friendly. I counln't even upload one. There were some hidden secrets that I never really thought to check. Such an example would include when it was last updated, and finding the author can sometimes be tricky and I had a difficult time finding some of the authors. The value of using the website evaluation process is helpful. It made me more aware of what really makes a quality website. Some of these evaluations I wouldn't use if I have already used the website before or I know that it is a quality website from others. I would use the evaluation process to help me when I am doing lessons, or looking for information that I need to make sure is quality and is the most up-to-date.