Wikispaces

In class we all signed up for a  class wikispace. We participated in a team and had to write a review about Story bird. My group loves Storybird because it is an interactive site that lets you create your own story using art work provided by selected artists. When you choose the art work that inspires you to write, you start creating your book and when you're done you can choose to publish it. I tried it with my 7 year old daughter and she loves it , she has created on her own  3 books. I think this web site is a great tool for teachers, parents and students. It promotes literacy, especially for those students that have a hard time starting to write.

NEWSLETTER

Creating a school newsletter was fairly easy using a template by microsoft. The most difficult part would be organizing and making sure the data we put in was correct. Basically the objective of the school newsletter is to provide parents with an outline of important dates, events and  information about units of study for all major subjects. This is great way for teachers to communicate with parents and for parents to participate in their child's education.

Web Quest

Exploring webquest, I was very impressed to find there were so many quality webquest. The one I chose to showcase as an example of a quality webquest http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=92934

I was able to use the webquest rubric to determine and rate these sites, This Discovery web quest has great graphics, simple instructions and a clear step to step process.  The webquest that rated low on the rubric for me was http://www.franklincollege.edu/pwp/tbyrd/webquest/webquest Romana.html.  This site was less appealing to the eye, especially for 3rd graders. This site was made to be a companion for the book Ramona Quimby. The wording  in this web quest  is lengthy and dense. This site was not well organized and seemed to complicated for 3er graders.