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Naida
Walcheski
08
Project
Summary
Reflection on
my “Hellmira Prison Camp” WebQuest
I learned a great deal
about the Civil War prison camp that was in Elmira, New York in
order to create my WebQuest project. I spent hundreds of hours in
research and quite frankly could spend hundreds more. It was
fascinating to learn our local history and how it tied in with
national events. I plan on doing research on other local historical
events that I can tie into national history so this project is just
the beginning of a much larger enterprise.
The most rewarding part is
yet to come as I have not yet been able to do the WebQuest with my
students. My school’s computer network lost the project four times
so I had to recreate it. I took a 15 hour course through GST BOCES
to learn how to create the WebQuest and found it to be extremely
helpful. I had not realized the time investment this project would
entail nor the extreme disappointment when the project had to be
done over and over again. I’m very relieved to have finally
completed it. Now, I also have a number of local resources I can use
for future projects so I’m excited to begin my next project on the
burning of the Indian village here in Chemung.
Hellmira PowerPoint 08
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