Class 8 Reflection

This week in class we spent time organizing the rest of the semester and doing some housekeeping. We learned about the digital movies project, which sounds like a lot of fun. I know that as a media specialist I will be looked to as a sort of technology expert, so I'm glad to have the chance to create a movie before graduation. When Holly and I were organizing History Day, one of the state History Day employees was filming a documentary on how History Day comes together. We also were able to watch a few student videos, but they weren't what I expected. They looked like PowerPoint presentations to me. It was neat to see the second-grade class video. They did such a great job!
We also discussed webquests in class this week. We worked in small groups to go over some of the webquests we evaluated. It's amazing how much they can vary–some webquests are incredibly detailed, while others appear haphazard. I created a pathfinder last semester and put it online, but I haven't created a webquest before. I'm excited to learn more about creating webpages and putting my webquest online.
Here are the websites I have looked at for my webquest on the Holocaust:
* http://www.ushmm.org
http://www.auschwitz-muzeum.oswiecim.pl/html/eng/start/index.php
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide
http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/wwii_sites.htm
http://remember.org/index.html
http://www.rongreene.com/holo.html
http://www.holocaust-history.org/
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/
* http://www.nizkor.org/
http://www.auschwitz.dk/
http://voices.iit.edu/
(The * means that this is a website I evaluated using Kathy Schrock's evaluation form for secondary students.)