Reflection Entry 18

Collaborative research is a constructivist problem solving model that says that students work together towards a common learning goal. There are five principles: focusing on learning outcomes, developing communication, posing the problem, generating multiple perspectives, and making informed decisions. These principles guide teachers and students as they focus on working together. It is important for the teacher to define the learning outcomes for the student, and also for the students to develop critical communication skills. These skills will help them problem solve, empathize and work better with one another. The students have to agree on the problem, and then use their research to come up with definitions, and evaluate the results of their research. It is a process that takes time, but the benefits for students is amazing. It helps them become critical thinkers as well as great communicators. The example came from an undergraduate study program, but it can be applied to any grade level.

http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Etep/resources/crmodel/model/index.html

Reflection Entry 17

I have a friend that is a web page designer, and I admire what he does. This website lists the top tools used for web authoring. The only programs that I had previously heard of were Dreamweaver and Flash. I didn't know that all of these other software programs exist. The job of a web designer amazes me. Even though there are templates and you don't necessarily need to know the HTML code, I still don't think that I could have the patience required for all of that. As I talk to my friend about his work, he talks about the difficulties he has along with making sure the site looks good in all web browsers as well. There are so many factors to consider that I never thought about.

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/web.html

Resource Log

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/articles/tools.html
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/web.html
http://www.uoregon.edu/~tep/resources/crmodel/index.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_authoring.html
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html#essential
http://webhelp.ucs.ed.ac.uk/docs/goodpractice.html
http://web.ebscohost.com.library3.webster.edu/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=6&sid=15ae27e8-1ffb-4b08-983d-e710982e3902%40sessionmgr9&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPWlwLGNvb2tpZSx1cmwsdWlkJnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eric&AN=ED466449#db=eric&AN=ED466449#db=eric&AN=ED466449
http://www.emeraldinsight.com.library3.webster.edu/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/1650220101.html

These are websites are about web authoring tools and collaborative research that I am using for my section of the chapter.