Your task is twofold:
(1) Examine your websites with a critical eye, using the various lenses of the course readings as your tools. Your analysis should address the following questions: What are the implicit models of learning employed by the site? What are the learning goals that the site is geared toward? What seems to be the model of culture put forth? How does the site account for the intersection of culture and schooling? You are not limited to these questions, obviously, and some may be more relevant than others, depending on the sites you choose. Add your own critical criteria based on the readings and accompanying course discussions.
(2) Develop some ideas for how you might use one of the websites in your teaching. (Note that this means you have to find at least one resource you actually like.)
The “paper” is actually a series of blog entries that you will create on your own blog. You will write up an analysis of the websites, cite literature from the course readings (no outside references are required), and link directly to those pages on the websites where want to direct your readers’ attention. You can also include some images in your blog entries. The length of your blog text for the “paper” should be 1200-1600 words (approximately 5-7 double-spaced pages in a word processor).
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