WebQuest+Reflection

I think I would use the SlideShare site most often in teaching. I really belive that using and sharing PowerPoiints allows for students and teachers to effectively learn content through visualization, study, and working more and more with the information. I could use this tool to ask students to create a PowerPoint that would be garded. I could use this tool to have the students search for what they think are the most helpful PowerPoints, write about why, and study them for an upcoming exam. I could also have the students make their own PowerPoints to aid in a presentation that they will give on a certain content area, and ask them to share their slides on slideshare to aid other students in how to format their presentations for their seperate content areas. I see many advantages from using WebQuests including newer-age styles of learning and escaping for the traditional, everyday lecture. However, I do feel that in some cases teachers could possibly rely tooo heavily on these sites and move towards not teaching content at all. I beleive for effective use of Web 2.0 Tools, there needs to be a healthy mixture of both.