CultureQuests

How does the CultureQuest project help improve:
1. The Study of Culture?
2. The Implementation of Project Based Learning?
3. The Integration of Technology?
How might I use this in my science class next year?


I enjoyed doing my CultureQuest. At first, I was skeptical, I felt that the directions were very vague, and I didn't feel like my group was headed in the right direction. It took a couple of meetings to refine our topic in such a way that everyone was interested, and it was divided up fairly.

The CultureQuest improves the study of culture by helping us delve into an aspect of a culture that is not necessarily already familiar to us. For instance, I have visited Mexico once, but I am not too familiar with their history or culture. I was excited to work on an aspect of Mexican cuisine, and learn more about something I already enjoy.

In terms of this being a problem based learning assignment, I found it rewarding to show off my research in a beautifully formatted website. I thought that creating a project is a much more interesting way to present the material than writing a paper. Using websites made my information accessible and user-friendly.

This project is definitely helping improve my integration of technology! Now that I know how easy it is to make a website using googlepages, I will definitely implement that in my classroom.

I anticipate that I will use the website creator page, googlepages, in my science class next year. It is easy to pick up and a great way to have students showcase information. However, I do not believe that I will implement a project such as a CultureQuest. It is the end of the year and I am running out of time to focus on Regents material, I believe it would not be a practical use of time in a Regents class to use class time to research other cultures. Our classroom is so diverse that we already have many cultures represented daily. Perhaps if I taught English, history, or an elective class, I would be more apt to use this project.

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We Be Bloggin'

Today we just spent 20 minutes checking out everyone else's blogs. Everyone in our class has such different postings! Some are just one sentence long, "today we talked about stuff." (To think that in comparison, I've been writing novels here!) Other people reflect on their life outside of school and work and Lehman and ESC 529. They talk about going to the gym and what they did on spring break.

Mine seemed fairly boring in comparison, all I reflect on is what we do in class. Oh well, no one other than my classmates who just read all the blogs would actually read this. Good times. It is a good summary of what we've been doing every Tuesday.

As a quick update, I submitted my webquest today! Also, I finished my part of the culturequest! AND, I narrated and submitted my digital story. I emailed it to my sisters and brothers so that they can see it too. We are winding down in this class!!!!