1. "Opins wanted"
Posted by bobcook848 on Jan-23rd-03 at 2:59 PM

Dearest Bordenites: as many of us know I have been absent from time to time whilst working, rather diligently, on a Masters Degree at Framingham State College here in the Bay State.  Last fall I was enrolled in three classes, which for a "night" student constituted being a "full-time" student, which as nothing to do with my next line.

One of the three classes was an "online" course, part of a four course Grad Certificate in Internet Technology Proficiency, in Massachusetts this is sort of a "gold" card for teaching computer science.  Anyway the final project of the course was to create a WebQuest for our students (those in the classroom of our respective school systems).

I purchased a webpage and registered my website at this address:

                   http://www.mrcooksclassroom.com

If I might as my fellow Bordenites to go to my website and review the contents and let me know what you think.  Once you go to the website I am quite sure you will find the content very, very interesting.

Thanks so much...yours truly...Bobcookbobcook


BC

Wow!  Where were teachers like you when I was a girl?  You are shaping the minds of future Bordenites and forum members, I love it! 

i think it's great.  should produce some interesting results.  what happens after the groups present their findings?

Sourcing to the LizzieAndrewBordenVirtualMuseum & Library is a wonderful compliment.  That is so cool.
Thank you and good luck to your students on their treasure hunt!

Hey Bobcookbobcook,
Good job!  I like your gifs.  I like your questions, too.  Ya done good.
Joe

Congratulations on your unique contribution to studying the Lizzie case.  We all have different talents and creating an interactive website is a wonderful way to get people interested in the case and history. And I bet a lot of fun for you too.

Thank you one and all for your honest and welcomed input.  The college course required two WebQuests for the semester.  For the first I chose the witch hyteria of Salem 1692 because we were doing it in the month of October/November.  I came close to using the Pilgrim theme for the final but I had flashbacks of my beloved Bordenite family and couldn't resist.

In the reality of the classroom my students would hold combined group sessions (all 5 groups) to brainstorm for the final presentation.  The final would be a "story board" representative of their research relative to the subject topic.  Of course being in a "virtual" online college class and not "test driving" this in the real classroom I don't know how it finishes.

If you read the "Teachers Notes" you will find that I would have added many more questions for the students to research.  This was for the brass ring and a grade.  I might add here that I did rather well in that course.  Out of a possible maximum of 416 points (for all components and quizzes) I ended the course with a 414.5.  Yep, an A.

Well enough gloating...again thanks to all who have opined, as Bill O'Reilly would say...watch that website as I intend to continue the Legend of Ms. Lizzie for my future WebQuest experiences.

PS: with the assistance of a valued and trusted proof-reader from within our "family" I have made corrections and deletions to the various pages on the website.  Thanks proofer...you're the tops.

BC

Nice job Bob.  That must be fun to teach a course on something that you have been personally into.

Just hope you haven't inspired another generation of hatchet murderers!

Good luck with the course.