I love Big6!

This is such a terrific tool, and I'm so glad we spent the week exploring it. It is one of my main topics on my webpage, and so again I was glad to have the extra time to really look at what some teachers are doing to utilize its powerful, yet simple process. It is amazing how very young students can grasp the Super 3 version, and how it can be successfully impletmented with special needs students, as well. And what a confidence builder. When someone who is just beginning to explore the world can do it in this simple and logical framework, the sky's the limit. I wish I would have been taught this process, and I'm going to make sure each of my four children tap into this. It's fantastic! Thanks for a great class topic!

What Fun!!

I love this! Building a website on Google was a perfect intro for me. It's a great site with simple tools. I even figured out how to set a custom color for my background. Really neat. I would like a few more capabilities, but hey, it's free! I think I'll use this to create a family website. That info would be great in Christmas cards this year. I wonder if I can pull it off in time...

The detailed directions on how to complete the assignment were so helpful, a life saver really. Thanks a million!! I would have been lost without them. It would have taken 10 times longer for me to hunt and peck through the process. As it was, I spent a couple of hours just fiddling with little changes, trying to get the site to look how I wanted. I didn't figure it all out, but I had fun trying!

Double Checking is a Good Idea!

You know, I really thought I had initially culled my sites very well. I still found one that I needed to replace. I was surprised! This assignment was interesting; I didn't realize there were tools out there to help you analyze a site. Helpful.

The "controversial topic" searches were the most challenging part of the assignment for me, because I try to be very careful on the web. I was really outside of my comfort zone. I'm pretty conservative when it comes to searching and clicking on search results. Over the years I've learned to scrutinize URLs because I just don't want to risk picking up some ugly malware or a virus or something. Risk equals money spent repairing or replacing a computer; I just don't chance it. So it was tough for me to click on some of the results that came up from the "controversial topics" in the PowerPoint. I only chose a few that looked (from our study) reliable; it was just too stressful to do more (fear of grocery money having to be spent on computer repair). =)