Jacob+Thibodeau

user:bonzai I was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. I graduated from Lawrence High School in 1995 and worked construction for a few years. I then worked as a Para-educator at Free State High School for eight years in the special ed department.

I Finally decided to go back to school and earn a degree in education. I am a Senior and hope to finish next August.

Email: Bonzai@ku.edu

My experience with technology is very limited. I can check my email and write papers on my computer, but that's about it. I have never been on facebook or my space, mostly because I don't know how to use it. I recieved an ipod for a wedding gift and have been unable to use it because I don't know what to do. Usually things that are supposed to be easy to do on the computer turn out to be long projects for me.

Future: I hope to teach High School History in Lawrence or surrounding area. I wouldn't mind teaching Geography or Government, but my first choice is History. I hope to work with students with behavior problems. I was a student who had these same issues so I can relate well.

I feel that technology is vital today because this generation of students were raised using all forms of electronics. This is what they're used to, and to be able to grab thier attention a teacher must be able to use the technology that they are used to. In addition, I think that it is a useful tool for teachers and parents to use so that they can track the success or failure of a particular student.

My horror story was that while working at Free State High I confused the websites myspace and facebook, hence asking one of my students if she was going to get on myface. I thought I was going to get fired for sexual harrassment. Thankfully that didn't happen, but now I'm careful talking about those websites.

I would like to learn how to make a great powerpoint and learn how to create my own website. I have no idea how to do either, and I think that they would be useful tools to help students learn better.

Favorite links: http://sherdog.com/ http://www.ufc.com/ http://www2.ljworld.com/ [|http://www.hotmail.com] Exemplars: __**Bad Site**:__ http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/columbus.html This website is poorly constructed because it is all text. While the information seems to be valuable and factual the website is no different than handing your students a textbook and having them read it. This defeats the purpose of the web. There are no links to other pages and the site does not offer any pictures or maps which could be helpful to the student so that he or she could gain greater insight. In addition, the website is plain and not very creative. If I were to change this site I would add pictures of Columbus and maps of his voyages. I would also add links so that the reader could get further detail if they didn't understand a concept or term. I would also try to make it more appealing by adding background color and a search function so that the student can find other topics of interest that are of a similar subject.
 * __Jacob Thibodeau__**

this website is better contructed than the previous one. This page offers many links, so if the reader needs or wants more information while reading about Columbus they can click a link and it will explain in further detail a word or concept that is not known. This site is more appropriate to high school students who can navigate the web easily. This page also has pictures and maps of Columbus and his voyages, which helps the user further understand Columbus's journey and the time period in which he lived. This site is easy to use and well put together, but I would change one thing about this site. I would make the links that seperate Columbus's voyages availible at the top and the bottom, currently they are only at the bottom and the student might not see them.
 * __Good site:__** http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/columbus.php

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__Rules to follow__ I feel that a site needs to use a variety of mediums to communicate the information, such as text, pictures and videos. The site needs to come from a reliable source, not an opinion page. The site needs to be easy to navigate. Finally, the site should have links to other pages to provide clarification related to the subject. __Evaluation of peer site: Molly__ We both had the same bad site listed. We listed this site for the same reasons, it was poorly constructed and it was all text. Very boring to look at and did not take advantage of the medium that the computer offers. I would just as soon give my students a dictionary to read as sen them to this webpage. I liked her good site equally as the one I found. It had all the same elements that mine did that made it a quality site. It came from a reliable source and the information seemed correct. In addition, the site she found had links so that the student could gain a more in depth understanding of the subject or related subjects if needed.
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