Web Tools Reflection

      Web tools is a great resources for teachers as well as students. With web games, student NET standard 3. Research and Information Fluency is suported because students will locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, and use information from a variety of sources and media including web games. Web games are fun and invite the students to solve problems or work out scenarios. They usually provide immediate gratification to encourage students to finish the games and learn the content. Standard 5. Digital Citizenship is supported because students learn to appreciate technology as a useful resources for learning and productivity. The web games provide the necessary instructions to complete a game, so all students from different levels of computer literacy can have fun playing the games. The animation and color used in many web games helps keep their attention.


      Using web tools can help me as a teacher organize my work. Project Base Learning is a great site to generate checklists. I choose a grade level and project topic of writing, presentation, multimedia, or science. With these checklists, I can make sure the project objectives can be met and the students can see exctly what is expected. Quizstar, another create resource for teahers generates online quizes. I can decide whether only my students or anyone can view and take my quiz. Quizzes can be quickly generated because all I need to do is decide what type of question to have, how I want it set up, and then put in the information. The quizzes can be timed, allow one or more attempts, and have a specific begin and end date. With quizstar, less time is spent on formating the quiz and grading the quiz since it is graded by quizstar. I am notified by email when a student completes a quiz and I can login to get their score. Web tools are a great time saver and resource for teachers.

      Web tools are generally easy to use so the most difficult part is content. When generating quizzes, sometimes coming up with 3 or 4 incorrect answers is dfficult. Rubrics need to be specific and point levels different enough to differentiate between one point to the next. Checklists also need to be specific and provide everthing I as a teacher expect if I expect the students to follow it.