WebQuest

WebQuest

I just completed my webquest project. For some reason it became more difficult because I kept changing my ideas. I finally settled in on an Industrial Location type project, which I tried to design for 11th and 12th graders taking the Geography or Economics elective course in West Virginia high schools.

It was interesting putting this webquest together and I hope to increase my skills in this area.

Fun With Data/Narrative Summary

This is my narrative summary from the summary spreadsheet.



summary

Fun With Data/Spreadsheets

These are the spreadsheets which support the narrative summary in the Data Formatting Assignment.

Assessment Forms

My Assessment Form is a short quiz for the Geography of the U.S. and Canada specifically the topic of major river systems.




forms

Map Making Rubric

I created a rubric for a map making project as part of a geography unit.

Movie Maker

I used the previous developed PP for a 7th grade geography course with the topic: Geography of the Ohio River.

Movie

PowerPoint as a web page

PowerPoint as a web page

PowerPoint Show

I uploaded this again as a show to Google Docs.

I uploaded my Jeopardy presentation to Google Docs and then selected to download presentation as a PDF. Then, I re uploaded the PDF version to Google Docs.

I selected material for Jeopardy content which would support the Md 7th grade Content Standards for Geography since a number of our younger committed youth did not advance beyond middle school and are taking geography. Specifically the Jeopardy is designed to reinforce geographic content focusing on the US and Canada and best supports the following Standards, Topics, Indicators and Objectives:

Standard- Students will use geographic concepts and processes to examine the role of culture, technology and the environment in the location and distribution of human activities and spatial connections.

Topics- Geographic characteristics of place and region.
Indicator- Analyze interrelationships among physical and human characteristics that shape the identity of places and regions. (In this lesson US and Canada)
Objectives- 1.Identify and describe physical characteristics that influence human settlement 2. Explain how physical and human characteristics of a region affect its economic growth..

Power Point Presentation

My PowerPoint Presentation represents a geography presentation for students enrolled in geography of the US and Canada. In order to meet the objectives of the lesson I felt that I should have a combination of text/explanation in tandem with photos of the specific subjects. In addition, I included key geographic terms which the students should be familiar with in their continued study of geography.

I fell that making the PowerPoint presentation presents key details for my students along with illustrations which will increase their interest and hopefully their knowledge. Hope you enjoy my PowerPoint of the Geography of the Ohio River.













PowerPoint

PodCast Blog

I utilized the Audacity program to complete my podcast. The podcast creation took me some time, but the Audacity tutorial was very effective and allowed me to finally achieve a product. I registered to a site that allowed me to upload my podcast. This program is called Switchpod, which allowed me to keep it in the mp3 format. I uploaded my script to google docs.

Podcast

Script

Web Album

Below is my link to my web album. Some of these photos include notable/memorable scenes throughout the state of West Virginia.Some of these are a few of my favorite places to visit.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mwagoner2/RecentlyUpdated#

Photoshop Express

http://api.photoshop.com/home_99d17fe003d848799d548a35d72b1ca6/adobe-px-assets/1cd5a8fc2cff4e6399db6fca674ad0ef


I edited a picture of Patrol Coastal Ships that I served on. I added text bubbles indicating weapons throughout the ship. I used the sketch tool to make the image look like it was hand drawn. I finished the picture by using the highlight tool to make the image more legible.

Crappy Graphics

http://crappygraphs.com/user_graphs/?id=2743


Introduction to iGIS for geography and earth science students.

Graphs and Write up

On Line Graphics

EDUC 6305

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.ca698521-d46f-4241-9f42-c47481b59eb6&hl=en

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.092869fa-ea83-49a4-afc2-87d8e832d1b1&hl=en

1. Chart 1 data compares West Virginia NAEP 4^th grade Math scores with the national average of this test for the years 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2007. Average scores indicate West Virginia’s average is slightly below the national average in each of the selected years with the exception of 2005 in which the average for the state fell six points below the national average.

2. Graph 2 represents a comparison of percentage of IEP students among four states with the lowest personal per-capita income based on 2000 census data. As indicated, Mississippi actually matches the national average and Arkansas registers a statistic a half of a percentage point lower than the national average. However, New Mexico and West Virginia registered percentages of more than six and just under five respectively above the national average. Data would therefore indicate that factors other than per capita income influence IEP percentages in these states. Moreover, several high income states register higher percentages of IEP students possibly due to larger concentrations of inner city school systems.

Image Capture

I selected a graphic (map) from the web which was related to a US History lesson.The graphic was a GIF file. I utilized the windows Paint Program to alter the graphic by simply redrawing the borders for the selected states, and the text function for the added map legends. I also applied the color fill function for the corresponding states. Normally I would project these on to a screen to reinforce important points in the unit/lesson. In this instance it would be the sequence of events in the states' succession during the winter and spring of 1861 as well as the distinction between slave states which did not succeed and the Confederate States.

Graphic

I chose to use Word and PowerPoint to illustrate a simple display of the course operating organization to date. This graphic was designed to keep me organized and on track of our resources and requirements. I chose Word because I am more familiar with creating graphics/charts in this program more so than others (but I will soon learn them). I tried to upload this Word document into my Google Docs but the upload was unsuccessful. I decided to try to copy and paste my graphic as a PowerPoint slide. I am not very familiar with PowerPoint but after several attempts I was able to save this as a pp document and the upload to Google Docs was successful.

The PowerPoint document is 76.5 KB. I uploaded this graphic to my Google Docs, and the link is below:

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dcc5sfv2_98j6dkbc3&hl=en

Reading #1

I answered the questions and they can be found at the below link:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcc5sfv2_49hnm29c6

Web Publishing Resume

Online Resume http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcc5sfv2_2c5j7jfdg&hl=en

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