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!
Excellent Jennifer - can you tell me which link wasn't working?
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you will get input from your colleague - that way you know you will use it!
The city of Irvine sounds like a good topic.
One thing to think about in the early stages of WQ development is how to 'get them hooked'.
This will be dependent on the kind of task you are having students complete- for example - you've found a time capsule...