My Web

I made my web! http://yette0505.googlepages.com/olivafamily

Web development performance task! I will ask my students to develop their own web systematically and practically. . I want my student to use this web development technology three different, meaningful ways; as a window to express themselves as learners, a mirror to reflect their thoughts and values, and a vehicle to communicate with the world and people. I believe my students will have meaningful learning experiences with this technology task like I did. Personally, it was a good opportunity for me to make a connection between knowledge from text books and practical application for my future classroom. The project, developing my web in my content area-literacy education gave me a good chance to think of what I have learned, what important issues for me and how I integrate them into practical application in my own classroom.

One of the important benefits I’ve got from this assignment is that the knowledge, knowing how to make a web as well as understanding what important issues in my content area became meaningful for me because I interpreted them in my words and applied them to practical application such as writing a letter to introduce my teaching philosophy to parents, writing a book response in my own web.

There are also several reasons why I want to use this technology. First, students will use technology “as knowledge construction tools that they learn with, not from” (Jonassen et al,. 24) with this technology task. As I have experienced, this project will encourage my students to use technology as Mindtools because students should think about what they know in meaningful ways and how to express their thoughts deeply and critically while developing their own web.

Second, web development task requires students to think deeply what they are learning now. They have to construct what are meaningful for them and do self-monitor how to improve their web.

Third, this technology task emphasizes that students should be designers to interpret and organize their personal knowledge. It also requires them to analyze and evaluate what they know. It is the same as the technology function as Mindtools.

As I said above, it was a good opportunity for me to think of what I’ ve learned and what I am learning in literacy education as well as technology area. It was a little bit different learning experience from a creating Blog task. In Blogging, It seemed to me that I just made a personal journal note to share my personal thoughts and opinions with others. In contrast, web development task was much more inspired me to think about my learning, my knowledge and myself as a learner. I felt that I had to be more thoughtful and more professional in my web.