March 4, 2000

There are two assignments for this week.

• Uploading and Submitting WebQuests
• Reflecting on Portfolio Artifacts

This is the week to upload your WebQuest and submit to Bernie Dodge.

Here's how you do it.

1. Check the assignment. You want to make sure you have completed the WebQuest assignment in the appropriate manner. Look over the iMET WebQuest Page.
2. Check with Bernie Dodge's Fine Points of WebQuests page.
3. Upload using the WebQuest Submission form.
4. You'll get a confirmation notice when you do this. Send this to the Amigos along with your URLs.

Reflecting Scaffold

You will find a document called Reflection_Scaffold.doc in the Portfolio directory on the iMET Server. This is a three-page Word document that provides you with a scaffold for your first of four reflections as you refine selected portfolio artifacts and place them in the Content section of your portfolio. You'll need to use this format at least once. Following that, you may elect to modify the format or devise another format that addresses the established review criteria.

The Reflection_Scaffold document is only meant to be a support tool that gets you started on the reviewing, reflecting, revising process. It leaves room for your decisions as to how you might adjust to this process. That's what a scaffold is. You use it when you need it.

There is quite a bit of literature on the subject of reflecting and composing. I have been working on a review of literature for the past few weeks (See, I have to do that, too.) as well as a Human Subjects Protocol that addresses a hypothetical proposal for a small research project. Included in that protocol is a brief portion of the literature review on the topic of reflecting and composing. I have also placed that protocol review in the Portfolio directory.

For your Phorum assignment for this week, you don't actually need to use the Phorum.

1. Use the Reflection_Scaffold tool and follow the directions on the document.
2. I would suggest using your WebQuest project as your chosen artifact since you will want feedback on that anyway.
3. When you've completed the peer review portion of the form, rename the document and attach it to one of the Amigos. We'll give you feedback as well and return the form.