Entry #5

My senior year of high school we used the WWW in order to answer tricky earth science questions such as “Why is the sky blue?” or “Where do rainbows come from?” etc. For this project, we were using the WWW as a cognitive tool. I had a strong measure of motivation because it was intrinsic in nature; I truly wanted to learn the answers to the questions. In addition, I had taken ownership of the activity because I was using the WWW on my own to determine not only the answer to the question but also how factual my given answers would be, based on the resources I used. We had to make sure that the quality of web resources was legitimate and reliable. Lastly, one of the greatest products that resulted from this project were the higher order outcomes. I ended the project with a greater intellectual curiosity and a desire for life-long learning.