Maryanne+Hett



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Maryanne Hett

Email- maryanne@ku.edu

Preferred phone number-       620-271-1150

I am a Senior from Deerfield, Ks, majoring in Secondary History/Government Education. I would like to teach Middle School students in an inner city or a remote area, like where I grew up. I am not very technologically advanced, but believe it is vital in the classrooms because it is an ever growing field, and is important to our future. One day, I would like to start a school in Zambia for orphaned children.

When I was a sophomore in High School, I was enrolled in a basic computer class. We had made a two hour fiction video about a "ghost" in our town. My partner and I wrote a script, went all over town filming, and spent several hours editing. For some reason, my partner and I forgot to save our work properly, and everything was lost. We tried to retrieve it, but our teacher couldn't even help us. We had 30 hours to shoot it all again with no extention granted by our teacher. We spent the whole night editing our video, and were exhausted by the end. We made it in time, and got an A, but I hope to never have that happen again!

One technology that I would like to learn is how to do online rubrics for our future students. I believe this is very important to the future of classrooms, and I'm excited to learn more.

Bad site:
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/c-Columbus/columbus.html I arrived at this site by doing a Google Search of Christopher Columbus. After looking at several sites, I found this one, which was not as good as the others. To make this search easier, I could have condensed my search even more by typing in Christopher Columbus-1492 or something similar. This website was not very effective for young students because the information was not presented clearly. There were no pictures, the text was in black and white, and the page seemed a little dull, which could hinder young children from becoming engaged in the material. The information presented was well written, but you had to have a basic knowledge of Christopher Columbus to understand, which most children would not have. There were several historical and spelling errors, which is harmful to students. Also, the text was not age appropriate for the students we will teach.

Good site:
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0812984.htmlI I found this page by doing a Google search of Christopher Columbus. I eventually found a site I liked; factmonster.com. I could have gone directly to the factmonster.com to make the search easier, but this way effective as well. I thought this site was very useful for young students. The font was colorful and it caught my eye. The information used came from an Encyclopedia, which makes it valid. I also liked how the site had a link to the historical relevance to Columbus and his voyages. I believe that children would learn from this site because of these features. The only thing I would do to make it better for young children would be to add pictures of Columbus to catch their eye and I wouldn't have so many advertisements.



6-07-07 Web Exemplars- Maryanne Hett

Standards Website:
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