What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?
Some of my favorite discoveries during this course involve learning how much I don’t know. There is so much of the web that we don’t get exposed to in our everyday lives. I have learned about many new resources to use both personally and for teaching. I really enjoyed building my webquest and publishing it online so it is accessible to anyone at any time.
How has this course assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
My learning goals have been transformed. This course has awakened my continued learning when it comes to internet resources. Since we become comfortable with our everyday use of the internet we tend to stay stagnant with what works for us. The internet continually evolves and provides new ways of learning and presenting materials. As a teacher I wish to do the same.
Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this course that surprised you?
One unexpected outcome from this course is the realization that you just don’t know how much that you don’t know. This came as a surprise when I saw lists of different web resources that I had never even heard of. I must not just focus on the curriculum but how I evolve with the technology and how my comfort level makes the delivery of information more palatable. The www is so much a part of our lives that it is also an increasingly large part of education and can be used as a vast resource to enrich both the teaching and learning experience.
What could we do differently to improve upon this course’s format or concept?
There is not much more you could add into the course. I could see that we could have had time for one more project. Perhaps we could have made a podcast or made a presentation and submitted it to a sharing website. I liked how we were given many resources to help us explore on our own.
If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate?
If there was a course that was titled WEB 3.0, I think that it would be essential for educators to take in order to keep up with the continuously evolving www. There are so many things that I have learned that I will definitely share with fellow teachers. I could even offer a mini lesson during a teacher resource / in-service period. The next course could build upon WEB 2.0 or just introduce the new generation of tools available.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Webliography of Optics
1. Regents Prep: Light and Optics Review
Animated explanations of several light and optics topics.
The advantages of this Website are brief descriptions and great animations the disadvantages are that the explanations are limited therefore, I rate this site 4 out of 5 stars.
2. HyperPhysics Light and Vision
Slides on many optics topics. Slides flow and use detailed text and pictures to explain ideas.
The advantages of this Website are logical flow and simple use the disadvantages are that the site looks older therefore, I rate this site 4 out of 5 stars.
3. Practice Optics questions
Practice questions dealing with internal reflection and regular reflection.
The advantages of this Website are simple questions disadvantages are that the site has advertisements, I rate this site 3 out of 5 stars.
4. Optics Experiments
Provides several experiments in optics. Great for science fair and self exploration at home.
The advantages of this Website are no advertisements and correct level of difficulty disadvantages of this site are none, I rate this site 5 out of 5 stars.
5. Geometric Optics
Notes and pictures dealing with real and virtual images. Ray diagrams and equations.
The advantages of this Website are no advertisements and simple explanations of image formation disadvantages of this site are none, I rate this site 5 out of 5 stars.
6. Focal Length
Wikipedia on focal length and lense theory.
A definition and description of what focal length is and how images are formed.
The advantages of this Website are familar layout and simple starting ideas disadvantages of this site are that it can become higher level and get away from the main topic quickly, I rate this site 3 out of 5 stars.
7. Anatomy of the Eye
Shows parts of the eye and how it works.
The advantages of this Website are that it can be a good place to start disadvantages of this site are that it can go too deep, I rate this site 4 out of 5 stars.
8. Lasers
Background on Helium Neon Lasers. How they work.
The advantages of this Website are that it can be a good place to start and is just part of a laser encyclopedia disadvantages of this site are that it has alot of text and may go further than needed, I rate this site 4 out of 5 stars.
9. Lasers and how they work
Goes step by step with simple explanations on how lasers produce conherent monochromatic light.
The advantages of this Website are that it is simple and well organized disadvantages of this site are that there is some advertisement, I rate this site 4 out of 5 stars.
10. Optics Encyclopedia
List of optics topics with short descriptions.
The advantages of this Website are that it is alot of information in one location disadvantages of this site are that it is mostly text and bland, I rate this site 4 out of 5 stars.
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