Jing/ Webquest

I used a program I already had on my Mac to make something similar to a webquest but for my preschoolers. However, since everyone wouldn't have access to the software I used, I used jing to record my "webquest". Jing was great and easy to use. I was able to use the demonstrate how to use what I created by actually doing it (as jing recorded what I was doing) and talking about what I was doing.
Jing is a great resource for tutorials. I think it would be great for professional development. So often we forget what is taught in those long workshops. If we had a tutorial to watch it would give us a refresher, keep us from having to ask so many questions and from becoming frustrated.

I created the lesson below to go along with our unit on spiders. The lesson started with the kids talking about what they know about spiders. The next day they discussed what they wanted to know about spiders. Following that activity I assured the websites I chose would answer the kids questions, as well as, provide other interesting information. As a class we visited the websites to find the answers to our questions. The following day we learned about the life cycle of the spider and colored a illustration of it. Finally, we listed what we had learned comparing it to our original list of what we knew about spiders.

Here is the link to our activities with spiders.