Last Post

This is my last post for my Social Studies blog.


Here is the link for my EDTPA lesson plan on community members.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17nOhk7L9akCF8v1T09wV0ucasCwTQ1OflckR7k1IJbE/edit?usp=sharing

I was playing around on the smart board sites that we talked about in class the other day and have been trying to learn a little more about using smart boards. I sure hope that I get to use a smart board in the classroom, because I Think that is can bring a lot of fun to the classroom, while also doing the work that is needed to get finished. I know most schools don't have them, but maybe eventually (When something better than the smart board comes out) then maybe schools will be able to afford them, that seems to be how things work in the school district.

Hmong Weddings

I decided to do my culture presentation on Hmong Weddings.  I chose this topic because it interests me a ton.  One of my good friends is Hmong and it always interests me to find out more about their culture.

Here is the link to my Prezi

http://prezi.com/qjfrsswjcvlj/hmong-weddings/#

Prezi

This week I am continuing to work on my multi cultural presentation. I have chosen to do mine on Hmong weddings. I know a lot about the Hmong culture because one of my best friends is Hmong.  She is very Americanized but they do have all their cultural traditions.  I have been to some of them, including a wedding and find it so interesting.  I ask her about her culture all the time because some of the things that they believe in just amaze me.

I have chosen to do my project in Prezi.  I like how easy Prezi is to use and I think the way it works in general is very nice. So here goes!

Weebly

Attached is my webquest that I created about the Community. http://chwebquest.weebly.com/

Weebly is a fun and easy site to use for many different things like this.  I actually recommended it to a friend just the other day who was asking if I knew of a way to make a website.

I am working on putting my web quest into the ED TPA lesson plan and am hoping to finish that this week.  I am also beginning to think about what I would like to do my multicultural project on.

I look forward to doing my project in Prezi because I also enjoy working in that program as well.

Vacation

I was on vacation this past week, so the only thing I have to Blog about is all the sunshine, alcoholic drinks, and beaches! Everything was fantastic! Now back to reality and negative 6 degrees YIPIEEEE

Weebly

These past couple weeks, I have been having a fun time playing around with making my own website in Weebly.  It is way easier than the ones we were trying to do in Google.  It's very fun to make your own and put our webquest in this way.  I think I would do other things through Weebly for the classroom, and not necessarily make them web quests. I think something I would use this for, would be a website for my parents to look at. I can put what we are doing on the website and with the easy buttons on the top or side, whichever is chosen, it will be easy for the parents to understand.  So far, I really enjoy Weebly.

Web Quests

Web Quests are pretty fun. I think I would love to incorporate these in the classroom. I love using the internet when it is for important things like learning. I really hope that I am at a school that has access to computers so that I can do WebQuests with my kiddos.

I love looking at the zunal.com website.  It offers so many different webquests so you could use them in all the subjects that you teach.  I think some days children get so tired of listening to their teachers, that this is another way to teach them and they don't realize that they are learning. I approve of the webquests!