Stephanie+Heady



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toc =Biography=

Background

 * email: smheady@ku.edu
 * major: Secondary History and Government
 * I want to be a history teacher in a Middle School somewhere in Kansas City. I think Middle School has a lot of potential to be fun...I think that kids are SO funny at that age.

Technology is NOT Me
I do not have a lot of experience with technology. In fact, I am really bad when it comes to technology. I can get around a computer fine, but I cannot fix anything that I break.

=Assignments=

Web Exemplars
GOOD: FAMOUS PEOPLE site on the BBC Website http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/learn/page10.shtml#focus

I think that this website would be really useful for students in Middle School. I found it by searching in the google.com search engine. I like this website because it is mostly interactive. There is some reading at the bottom, however, the students can interact with the pictures given. When students click on the pictures it explains in more detail about the subject. For example, when students click on the sleeping man on the floor, it explains to the students that deck hands had to sleep on the floor during the voyage across the see. This site also has a quiz for the students to take after going through the information. I think that it is really easy to navigate and would be good for younger students.

BAD: ENCHANTED LEARNING http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml

This website is really bad because it is really hard to navigate. When you first arrive at the page the top half is taken up by advertisements and some navigation tools, but you have to scroll down to get to any of the information. Another problem is that it is only a small bit of information with a lot of graphics. Normally I find graphics to be nice, however, there is not a lot of description to the graphics. The actual information portion of page is small, and then more than half of the bottom of the page is ads. The only type of information given is about his trips and then sends you to related topics, however, it does not send you to another page, it gives you images of the related topics, not the actual site. The only good thing about it, is that it gives teachers some activities for students to do. I simply googled Christopher Columbus and this website popped up.

Assignments Feb 8th
Brochure

Wiki Policy [|Technology Use in Our Classroom.doc]

Bad Wiki Policy [|Bad Wiki Policies.doc]

Assignments Feb 22nd
Standards

Site Map



Stephanie Heady Wiki Site

Communities:

I selected Facebook and YouTube.

Facebook:

http://headyhistory.wikispaces.com/Facebook+Project+Page

Students will create a Facebook page for an iconic historical figure that was significant in the west. For example, students would have to create a page and profile for Buffalo Bill Cody. Everything from the profile picture to interests must be filled in to demonstrate their knowledge about the person.
 * This also satisfies a technology standard that students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.**


 * Y**ouTube:

I wanted to do a YouTube video where the students would watch a video and respond to it on my discussion board.

On a lesson about Native Americans and the West, it is one thing to talk about racism towards Native Americans in modern day times and it is another to watch a modern day children's video and then respond to it. **This also satisfies the technology standard that students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.** media type="youtube" key="Y_at9dOElQk&hl=en" height="355" width="425"