Reflection #2

This past week we worked on several different things that I want to comment on. First, I want to talk a little bit about the web site evaluation worksheet. We just got done working in our group and I wanted to write while some of my ideas were still fresh. I want to comment on how at first I was unsure of how this assignment might be relevant. However, as we got more into the assignment I realized that what I was doing can be very relevant. It caused me to stop and ask myself a few basic questions. Often times when either myself or my students are searching the web I often times ask myself is this a credible source. The evaluation sheet that we came up with should help take some of the guesswork out of that process. Also, I plan to share the evaluation sheet with several of my colleagues at Cedarburg. It is my hope that they may add something or offer some constructive criticism.
The next thing I wanted to discuss were the quiz web sites that we looked at in class. Although the site that we had became sort of a joke it may actually have a purpose. It is user friendly and I could possibly make some basic quizes for my students. I would do these quizes as more of a pre-test then anything else. This would allow me to asses some of thier basic skills possibly at the begining of a school year or at the the start of a new unit. For my American Institutions class I currently use the U.S. citizenship test. However, I might be able to take a few of the questions off the test and use them in a quiz to see where we are at prior to the start of the class.