Week Nine Post

Hi again!

Here are some resources I am looking at for my WQ. I have no idea where this will actually go but I am starting to collect websites.

http://www.cityofirvine.org/cityhall/cs/animalcare/pet_licensing.asp  Information about license requirements for dogs.

http://www.cityofirvine.org/cityhall/cs/animalcare/local_animal_resources.asp  Pet sitting, obedience resources

http://www.placentia.org/index.aspx?NID=353 This site is interesting because this current mayor of placentia was elected at 19 yrs old.  My teaching partner knows him and he likes to come to schools to tell kids they can make a difference at any age.  Don't know how this will come up in the WQ but he is an inspiration.

http://www.placentia.org/index.aspx?NID=353 This site has pdf files of facts about different kinds of wild animals found in OC.

http://www.cityofirvine.org/ipd/divisions/animalservices/fledglings.asp  What to do if you find a baby bird in your community.

http://www.cityofirvine.org/ipd/divisions/dispatch/911_dispatch.asp  History of police dispatch.

http://www.cityofirvine.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=9079  Bicycle safety

http://www.cityofirvine.org/about/history.asp History of Irvine

Week Eight Post

So I just now realized that I may have missed a blog deadline... Oops!  That is what happens when you get too far ahead.  I thought I had already taken care of it! I actually have covered most of the content in my first posting, but I am going to add a little bit below to cover all my bases!

So my understanding of this project is that it is worth a large amount of my grade in this class and so I need to spend a lot of time on this project and make sure it meets the criteria in the syllabus.  I also understand that a good WQ will be inquiry based.  I've been previewing the course documents and reading the resources there.  I also did a search to come up with some WQ examples.  I also checked out the student samples.  One of the links wasn't working at the time I checked it a couple of weeks ago.

I am working on this project by myself, but my teaching partner (who is not in our class) wants to be involved in its creation since we are going to use it later this year.  We are going to focus on local government and the city of Irvine.  I believe the city of Irvine website is going to provide lots of resources.  I know for sure there are some great links to animal control out there, so perhaps a task about how to get a pet a license can be part of the task the students must complete.

Other than that, I need to start looking for and saving my websites.

That's all for now!

Professional Learning Community

Hi Edel friends!

Just got Back from a PDA for Blended Learning on Monday. My head is swimming with great ideas that really extended what we are learning here in this class. If you want to join a professional learning network follow me on twitter @jendeeaz.

Hope to see you there.

Jennifer's EDEL 552 Blog: Brainstorming Ideas for Webquest

Jennifer's EDEL 552 Blog: Brainstorming Ideas for Webquest: "I started thinking about what subject I want to do for my WebQuest (WQ) this weekend and came up with a few ideas. First, I ..."

Response from DJ Inkers

Hello Friends! This is the message I sent to DJ Inkers and their response...


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