On My Mind

There are a host of issues that Im thinking up about all of these individualized lesson plans. The primary concern is that I will become redundant with the ways in which I assess the students. For example I will continually ask factual questions, which obviously only addresses the surface of the issues that I may be teaching. What if I want students to go a couple steps ahead on the thinking spectrum and construct something at one step before they move onto the next step. How can I quickly assess whether or not they have met the level of understanding required to move on. Using PPt Kiosk it is very difficult in this regard because it is not going to be able to determine the level of competence. Anyone dealing with this issue? Are you going to go down that path where they have to construct something whether it be a theory, idea, artwork, strategy, etc?

Here is my favorite webquest so far! Its called "Who's Footing the Bill" This thing is an awesome inquiry type exercise where students have to figure out whether or not Federal Gov't deficits are a problem, then students get to fiddle around with a very in depth U.S. budget to see what must be eliminated to solve our budget issues. Lots of great links, simple guiding questions. If you're teaching about U.S. fiscal policy this is a GREAT webquest!


Another great piece is called Medieval Times Adventure. This quest isn't as interesting or dynamic as the one above but it is good at creating some historical empathy with some cool interactive digital resources that bring some aspects of medieval life alive.