At first, I was very nervous about this project. I had never even heard of TrackStar before, and it looked intimidating. Also, once I was thinking about how I could prepare a sixth grade math research project - I thought that I was going to faint. I had no idea what to do with this project. Once I got my topic and a few websites - I realized that it was actually very amusing to do and it is an engaging project that my students could do either at home or in a computer lab as a whole class assignment. I am actually very satisfied with this project and I realized that not everything is as scary as it seems!
- What are the strengths of your TrackStar in terms of promoting content learning and information literacy?
- I feel that the strengths in my TrackStar are the fact that I have multiple different strategies for my students to use by evaluating the websites. I know that majority of the students would answer the question right away "NO! We shouldn't have homework!" However, I almost agree with them. Therefore, a lot of my websites I chose are bias towards the notion of why homework isn't the greatest thing. However, I do have other points of view for those who believe homework does them justice. I feel that the students would take a look at these websites and use them to their advantage - also, I feel that they will use the other links and videos provided to better understand the information.
- How does your TrackStar differ from typical classroom research projects and how it better prepare students for research in the workplace.
- I feel that it differs to typical classroom projects considering it is a math class and there is not much research done in a math class. However, I feel that it is an important question to ask the students and have them see others' opinions. It is also different than other research projects because it not only shows them websites to use, not only explains in detail what to look at, but it also helps them to evaluate the webpages, as well. It prepares them for the workplace because they need to be exposed to bias as well as other people's opinions. It also helps them for when they need to do research in other settings.
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