Blog #9

I think that Wikipedia is an amazing learning resource. It has pretty much any information you are looking for. It has educated so many people on topics they might have been unaware of. It is definitely one of the go-to websites for most of the people I know when looking up information. It is also very easy to look up. When searching something on google, Wikipedia almost always comes up in the top 5 searches. I know many teachers don't believe that it is a credited resources for school, but if I were a teacher I'd recommend using this specific website for any type of scholastic and leisure research.

If I was teaching music at a K-12 level, I would definitely use WebQuest. I believe that WebQuest if a great way for teacher and student interaction. It helps the students to understand further of the material covered in class. If I was the teacher, I would create my website and upload it every day with information in which I had gone over from class that day. I would post slides, side notes, short quizzes, and further links to help students grasp the subject matter in a fun and easy way. I would also post future lesson plans so if the student would like to get a head start in the class, they would be able to. WebQuest allows the students to be updated with knowledge from class and it also gives them a deeper understanding of what they are being taught. 

When I was searching through WebQuest, I started to see many different websites and postings from all different teachers. It gave the me idea and example that WebQuest would be perfect for any teacher to get ideas for their future lesson plans and for their own websites from other teachers. I think that a teacher can develop their creativity by seeing what other teachers are doing with their sites and how they are teaching their students. Overall, it will make the teacher better! 

For my group, I believe that it has been running very smoothly. I only have one other group member, but we seemed to get a lot of work done on the first day. We created our Wikispace basically all in one class period and it turned out great! Today, I submitted our Wiki assignment and am confident in turning in and presenting our final project on Thursday. I can definitely say that there are no complaints with my group whatsoever.