Instructional Applications of the Internet - July 13

Today, I planned to finish up my Website Design Assignment and Submit it, since it was due today. I had worked on it a bit over the weekend, and figured that I would be able to finish up the Objectives Table rather quickly and move on to the Web and Story Board, which I expected to finish in no time.

However, when I started today's work on my Objectives Table--I had already finished the "Information" and "Interaction" columns and just had to search the web for some good links to add to my "Connections" column--I initially found that it was difficult to find good webpages that pertained to my topic--Plane Geometry. I searched and searched and found poorly made powerpoints and over simplified or over complicated pdfs about the topics.

But then I found my new favorite site - Math Open Reference - and spent more than an hour looking through its resources. It had simple applets that allowed the user to investigate and explore the basic principles of different math topics, most of which were geometry related. They were geared towards middle schoolers and early high schoolers (at least in my opinion) and MANY of them related to my web page that I was designing. So, I then spent another hour or 2 adding all of the useful pages to my Objectives Table. By the time I had added all of them--there were so many!--it was nearing 10:00 and I felt like I was ready to fall asleep.

So, I will have to continue this assignment tomorrow and hopefully hand it in by tomorrow evening! On the bright side, I found a great set of resources that I will use regularly next school year and in the future!