Major Project Update #6 Incorporating Tech

Now that I have hammered out the direction of my WebQuest and shown how it aligns to various 8th grade content standards, I would like to try and incorporate more technologies into my students WebQuest assignment.

I thought that it might be a good idea to have my students use Google Docs as their word processor for the WebQuest. Google Docs is an essential resource for many professionals, myself included, and I think it would be a wonderful resource for my students to become acquainted with.

There is an excellent how-to guide located here for Google Docs. Throughout the course of the WebQuest, I will make sure to direct my students to this guide in order to get them started with their own Google Docs account incase they don't already have one. Once my students become familiar with Google Docs, they will be able to store their writing in Google Docs so that they can work on it across multiple days until they complete their work.

So far, that means that they will be using the computer to perform research on the internet, and Google Docs to process and save their writing.

Finally, I would like my students to share their writing when they are finished on social media via Twitter. I will show them this guide on how to create and use a Twitter account if they do not already have one. The point of sharing on Twitter is so that my students can read and respond to other students work! There is an excellent piece on the importance of students publishing and sharing their work online here.