Monday, March 28, 2011

Webquest Project

Description- A WebQuest is a tool used by tech savvy teachers, as well as, tech savvy students. Its purpose is to incorporate the computer and the world wide web into a project that helps participants learn something about a particular subject. A WebQuest is not just a lesson in disguise but should take participants on a journey that makes them work at a higher level of learning.

Objective- Our objective at Santa Rosa Academy is to have Mac Lab students make a WebQuest, so that they can distribute information at a higher level of learning, and also, think at a higher level themselves.

Resources

http://webquest.org/
https://sites.google.com/
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Requirements:

Topic- Cleared by the instructor
Task- Students must come up with a task for participants to complete in order to learn the information they are trying to present. Tasks must have participants using the internet to accomplish their goal, and must have participants think at a higher level of learning than just summary. 
Process- Student must have a well thought out process in which participants must complete to finish a task. The process should use five hyperlink’s and have these following components: a site that has participants watch something, read something, and/ or play something.
Evaluation- Students must have a tool or rubric, in which to determine how successful a participant was at actually complete the task.
Conclusion- Students must come up with a conclusion for the WebQuest for participants to achieve closure on their completion of the task.

WebQuest Project

What is a WebQuest October 1, 2010

What is a WebQuest?

A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995 with early input from SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow Tom March, the Educational Technology staff at San Diego Unified School District, and waves of participants each summer at the Teach the Teachers Consortium.
Since those beginning days, tens of thousands of teachers have embraced WebQuests as a way to make good use of the internet while engaging their students in the kinds of thinking that the 21st century requires. The model has spread around the world, with special enthusiasm in Brazil, Spain, China, Australia and Holland.

provided byhttp://webquest.org/

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Santa Rosa Academy Star Testing

Please read the following letter to become informed of star testing which will be taking place from April 4th- April 29th. Feel free to download or print.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Garage Band Reflection Due 3/11

Garage Band Reflection

Garage Band Reflection

List three different purposes for Garage Band.



2. Where is the Garage Band Application found on your MacBook and what is the icon used for it?



How could Garage Band be an effective tool for academic work?



What is the difference between a loop and a real track?



4. Describe where the loops, track time line, and tracks are located taking a screen shot of each.



5. In detail, describe how to record your own instrument/sound on Garage Band.




6. What are the three basic tracks needed to make a song?




7. In detail describe what automation is and how do you do it?





Describe in detail the best way to add a video audio clip to your song.





What is an intro/outro, verse and chorus?



10. How do you add a new track?