Stephanie Shenk’s EDU 276 PORTFOLIO REFLECTION LOG

ARTIFACT Alan November Quiz

NAME:
COMPONENTS:  13 questions based on technology and how to use it
 The answers to the 13 questions previously stated
 A way to assess yourself after answering the questions to see how savvy you are in technology
FILE NAMES:  The file name is alan November
 The other file name is alan November quiz
 You can also go to http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=93 for the questions
 You can go to http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=93 to a find the answers by clicking next
ISTE NETS Standard 3 - Teaching, Learning, & the Curriculum: Teachers implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for applying
technology to maximize student learning.
STANDARD(s):
BRIEF Whether you look at the attachments or go to the website you will see:
OVERVIEW OF  13 questions and answers based on technology and how to use it
WHAT THE  Internet sites that you may use to check credibility
REVIEWER  Search engines
WILL SEE:  Information about blogs, RSS feeds, internet abbreviations
 Tips for using a search engines
 Information about search engines
CONTEXT IN For the Alan November quiz I was expected to:
WHICH THE  Go onto http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?
WORK WAS option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=93 , print the quiz off and complete as much as I
COMPLETED: could without researching anything.
 After we went of the quiz in class, I was to go back to the website, hit the next button and get the
correct answers.
 I was then to practice some of the questions the quiz asked
BULLETED Pre-project skills:
REFLECTION: Before this product I knew close to nothing about technology and the questions asked. I had previously
used the internet and search engines but not to the extent that I practiced during this quiz.

Resources used:
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After I finished the quiz I went back and used some of the resources from it, among others:
 Different search engines other than Google were used
 Delicious
 Blogs
 URL acronyms
 www.easywhois.com
 www.altavista.com
 www.archive.org
 Word document

New Skills Practiced:

The new skills I used most in doing the Alan November quiz were:
 Using a web address box
 Copying information from an internet site and pasting it into a word document
 After taking the quiz I used all the websites above to find a websites credibility
 Using delicious more to store information I want to keep

Next Steps:
After doing the Alan November quiz I have much to learn:
 Practice using the websites given to find the credibility of a website.
 Use delicious more to store information I want to see again
 Practice using blogs to get a better understanding of them
 Use different search engines to move away from Google

EDU 276 PORTFOLIO REFLECTION LOG A.N.(FALL ’08) – © Shenk 2008