Nutrition Web Quest

http://pangea.tec.selu.edu/~cmcnabb/etec645/nutrition/Whann.htm

The web quest I found is a nutrition based web quest, the quest is in response to bad reviews of school foods. The students research the food pyramid and nutrition facts all to compile a menu that is healthy and tasty. The students share their findings with their classmates, thus expanding their knowledge. This quest enables student a creative outlet by enabling them to create their own school menu, as well as prviding an avenue in which the can build upon their knowledge of foods.  I found this web quest to be not only entertaining, but also educational. I think that it would be easy to keep the students active in the quest. Kids always care about lunch--so this is an easy way for them to gather nutritional knowledge. I enjoyed reading about this web quest.

Website Evaluation Rubric for Kids!

I did a Google search for "website evaluation rubric for children" and I found this website: http://www.tammypayton.net/courses/print/evalweb2.shtml. I like this because it give rubrics for primary, intermediate and secondary grades. The rubrics are simple to understand and enable students to rate different aspects the website on a 1 through 5 scale.  This website also links the websites they used to create their assessment tools.

Website Evaluation

I selected the website, Reading Eggs (http://www.studyisland.com/readingEggs/index.htm) for my website evaluation. I found this website to be very beneficial. The website is design to help readers ages 4-8 develope and improve their literacy skills. The website states on it first page, "Grounded in extensive educational research, Reading Eggs builds on and reinforces the five key reading pillars: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension," as a student in the education program, I have learned that these five points a vital in literacy. I think Reading Eggs is a brilliantly interactive website that will easily engage even the most struggling reader.


I am not sure how the website evaluation will help me in my future classroom. I feel that deciding whether a website is appropriate and beneficial for one's class will depend on the class itself. I do not feel that I would regularly evaluate sites with the website evaluation checklist. However,the evaluation did bring to light multiple things I would not have thought to look for.

My first Wiki..

After completing my first wiki experiences, I am pretty excited. I enjoyed the process and concept of the wiki page. I think the accessibility and how easily a wiki can be altered and edited. I liked that I was able to add links into my wiki to better explain my points and give a more descriptive opportunity. I look forward to doing more with the wiki page and can see it being very useful within the classroom.