NOTE:

Below is output from a survey about the three stages of the project: Search Smart (critical thinking about found sources), Civil War (role-playing as historical figures on two sides of the Abolition question) and General Feedback (about the unit).

First Name: Josue

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I learned about how historians do research online.

Favorite Part

When we had homework on the computer, and the Civil War project.

Improvement

I think that we should of had more computer homework.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.

Persona Choices

I really like the idea because it gave you as many people to choose from as you can.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.

Letter to the Editor

It was really cool because you pretend about how your persona would feel.

Response to Letter

i also liked this because you argue to other people and give different opinions.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.

Talk to us!

I did like having homework in the computer but not school work. I also like doing the persona thing because it made you learn about the Civil War because you got into your character.

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First Name: Katia

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I learned about the parts of a web page.
• I learned about how historians do research online.
• I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for later.

Favorite Part

My favorite part was the part where you could tell weather the site is good or if it had bad information or if the information could be changed by the public

Improvement

I improved by determine weather the site could be trusted and how.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I remembered about the parts of a web page.
• I remembered how to use the school website.

Persona Choices

it allowed you to see two choices and then allowed you to check out any other  people possible. And then allowing the teacher to choose the best and then  exploring that person more.

Persona Profile

• I was worried about having enough information to do this. 
• I never did anything like this before.

Letter to the Editor

i liked to express my opinion, i learned what some people could oppose on the subject or support it.

Response to Letter

it was fun because you learned what other people thought of your opinion and you learned to defend your belief.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing was hard but I know a lot more now.
• I wasn't able to get into the role-playing.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
• I would like to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

i liked expressing my opinion because in reality i 'm against slavery and i am really interested in woman's rights so i was able to argue and defend what i really thought.

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First Name: Keith

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I learned about the parts of a web page.
• I learned about how historians do research online.
• I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for later.

Favorite Part

my favorite part was when we were choosing our persona.

Improvement

I think that we should have gone slower because at some points it was a little confusing.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I remembered about the parts of a web page.
• I thought about how historians do research online.
• I remembered how to use the school website.

Persona Choices

I did int like who I had before we started but now a like who I got.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I was worried about having enough information to do this.
• I never did anything like this before.

Letter to the Editor

i did int like commenting on someone elses work because I Thought it was hard trying to look for someone who disagreed with me.

Response to Letter

i thought it was really hard to find something to argue with.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
• The websites were fun but distracting from the Civil War.
• I don't want to spend more home computer time doing schoolwork.

Talk to us!

personally i didn't really like doing this. I thought it was kind of hard and boring.

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First Name: Mallorie

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for later.

Favorite Part

My favorite part of the virtual card class was using the computers for research instead of using a book.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I thought about how historians do research online.
• I remembered how to use the school website.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I never did anything like this before.
• I was looking forward to playing the role.
• I've done role playing before, but not online before.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
• The role-playing was hard but I know a lot more now.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
• I would like to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

I liked to use the computer to do homework instead of using a workbook and paper. I would like to more of this next year online instead of using workbooks, and I would like to have more projects online. I learned about what the ending of a web address means like .org, .edu, ect. I learned how to know if I should trust a website.

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First Name: Josh

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about the parts of a web page.

Favorite Part

That we got to use the computers and it was a lot of fun. I also liked how I learned something.

Improvement

I think that the website could be improved by making it a lot simpler and it can also be improved by letting us talk to each other about homework and our books.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.

Persona Choices

I think that the persona selection should of had more people. I think that the write in question is just fine and gives the person to take time and search up a person they would like to be.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I was looking forward to playing the role.
• I would love to do more of this!

Letter to the Editor

I think the letter to the editor was okay and fun.

Response to Letter

The response was nice to do because it felt like you were the person arguing with someone else in the past.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
• The role-playing was hard but I know a lot more now.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
• I would like to do more of this next year.
• I would like to help my teachers learn to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

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First Name: Adria

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I did not learn anything new, but it was fun.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I thought about how historians do research online.

Persona Profile

• I did not understand that I was supposed to pretend I was that person.
• I was totally confused.
• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I did not have enough information and had to make things up.
• I was looking forward to playing the role.
• I was worried about having enough information to do this.
• I never did anything like this before.
• I've done role playing before, but not online before.
• I would love to do more of this!

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.

Talk to us!

Everything that i have done on this website has worked. I've had no problems at all. I have learned everything but I cant find any quotes for slavery for Clement Vallandigham. Next year i might want extra help for social studies and science. Those are my two hardest subjects. The rest i have no problem with them.

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First Name: Jack

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how to decide to trust web pages.

Favorite Part

My favorite part of the virtual card class was searching up the information on the internet.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I did not remember much from before, but it was fun to use the computer.

Persona Profile

• I was looking forward to playing the role.
• I've done role playing before, but not online before.

Letter to the Editor

Writing a letter to the editor was fun. I enjoyed playing the role of a pro-slavery person.

Response to Letter

It was also fun to respond to a letter from someone else who was pretending to be someone else.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
• I would like to help my teachers learn to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

I learned a lot of things about the civil war that i didn't know about. I learned how the slaves were treated, and that some people, like my persona, actually believes that slavery is part of life in the south.

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First Name: chris

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how historians do research online.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I thought about how historians do research online.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
• I would like to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

i wish next year we get to do this again it was really easy.

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First Name: Indeya

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I did not learn anything new, but it was fun.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I was looking forward to playing the role.
• I never did anything like this before.
• I've done role playing before, but not online before.
• I would love to do more of this!

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.

Talk to us!

This was great i hope we do more.

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First Name: Eileen

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how to decide to trust web pages.
• I learned about the parts of a web page.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered about the parts of a web page.

Persona Profile

• I did not have enough information and had to make things up.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• I would like to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

I like the layout of the website. Everything was very easy to find on the website.

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First Name:Jackie

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for later.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I remembered how to use the school website.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I've done role playing before, but not online before.

I would like to do more of this and I would like to talk to each other and discuss homework and books.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
• I would like to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

I liked how the tasks were easy to understand and well layed out. I also liked how other students could comment on your work (vice-versa). I think this web site was a good way to impersonate civil war figures, and a great way to further understand the challenges of the Civil War.

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First Name: Carley

Search Smart

Virtual Cards

• I learned about the parts of a web page.
• I learned about how historians do research online.
• I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for later.
• I did not learn anything new, and it was boring.

Favorite Part:

I don't really remember it.

Improvement

Doing it more, then just once, like starting in the begining of the year, and also have all of our homework online.

Civil War

Topic Cards

• I thought about how historians do research online.
• I remembered how to use the school website.

Persona Choices

I liked who i was, and the same thing we did this year was good.

Persona Profile

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I was looking forward to playing the role.
• I would love to do more of this!

Letter to the Editor

This was fun because you were fighting with your classmates but you were almsot disguised. This was a fun project.

Response to Letter

This was my favorite part, when we actually got to disagree with people.

General Feedback

Making It Real

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.

Using the Web

• Learning to use the websites was easy.
• The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
• I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
• I would like to do more of this next year.

Talk to us!

I think that we should have all of our homework online, besides like the review sheets, but everything else. No more reading guides, its bad for the enviroment, and its taking oxygen away becuase we have to cut down trees. Doing online homework would be fun and good for the enviroment.

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First Name: joey

Search Smart

Virtual Cards:

• I learned about the parts of a web page.
• I learned about how historians do research online.
• I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for later

Favorite Part

Topic Cards:

• I remembered about the parts of a web page.
• I remembered how to use the school website.

Persona Profile:

• I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
• I never did anything like this before

General Feedback

Making It Real:

• The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
• The role-playing was hard but I know a lot more now.

Using the Web:

• The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.

Talk to us!

the only problem i had, was i am not really good with computers and it took a lot of time.

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   First Name: Esteban

   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
       - I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for  later.
         - I learned about the parts of a web page.  

  Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
     Persona Choices:
     Persona Profile:
         - I did not have enough information and had to make things up.
     Letter to the Editor:
     Making It Real:
         - The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
     Using the Web:
         - I don't want to spend more home computer time doing schoolwork.
     Talk to us!:
umm i learned a lot of things! for example about Jefferson Davis and what he 
did and hes point of view of slavery.

 

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 First Name: Daniel
   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
         - I did not learn anything new, but it was fun.
     Favorite Part:
I liked the homework because it was different.
     Improvement:
I think we could have done more of done more stuff involving the internet and  cards like this.
   Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
     Persona Choices:
     Persona Profile:
         - I would love to do more of this!
     Letter to the Editor:
I liked the letter to the editor because i could express my opinion freely as  John Calhoun.

     Response to Letter:
I liked having to argue someone elses point

   General Feedback:
     Making It Real:
         - The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
     Using the Web:
         - I would like to do more of this next year.
     Talk to us!:
It all worked out well for me and i wish we could have had more time on it.

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  First Name: Renaldo
   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
         - I did not learn anything new, but it was fun.
   Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I did not remember much from before,  but it was fun to use the computer.
     Persona Profile:
         - I've done role playing before, but not online before.
   General Feedback:
     Making It Real:
         - The role-playing was hard but I know a lot more now.
     Using the Web:
         - I would like to do more of this next year.
     Talk to us!:
this was fun i hope i get a chance to do something like this next year

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First Name: Riley
   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
         - I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for later.
   Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I remembered how to use the school website.
     Persona Choices:
My person was someone that I had wanted. There were a lot of websites about her, although it was hard to find her  opinion about slavery.

     Persona Profile:
         - I would love to do more of this!
     Letter to the Editor: This was easy.
     Response to Letter:
It was fun  - especially not knowing who the other person was.

   General Feedback:
     Making It Real:
         - The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
     Using the Web:
         - I would like to do more of this next year.
     Talk to us!:
Everything in this project was very well organized and it was easy to find  all the things that I needed for it.

 

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First Name: Joseph
   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
         - I learned about the parts of a web page.
         - I learned about how historians do research online.
     Favorite Part:
     Improvement:
   Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
         - I remembered about the parts of a web page.
         - I remembered how to use the school website.
     Persona Choices:
     Persona Profile:
         - I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
         - I was looking forward to playing the role.
         - I never did anything like this before.
         - I've done role playing before, but not online before.
         - I would love to do more of this!
     Letter to the Editor:
     Response to Letter:
   General Feedback:
     Making It Real:
         - The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
         - The role-playing was hard but I know a lot more now.
     Using the Web:
         - Learning to use the websites took a lot of time.
         - The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
         - I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
         - I would like to do more of this next year.
         - I would like to help my teachers learn to do more of this next 
year.
     Talk to us!:
this was much fun to do because most of kids our age are on the computer most 
of their time, so this didnt make social studies home work hard. i learned 
how to use many webpages better and faster. what didnt realy work for me was 
how much we had to write. it was kinda a lot, but luckly i finished it with 
just enough words.

 

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First Name: Maria
   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
         - I did not learn anything new, but it was fun.
     Favorite Part:
I didn't really have a favorite part, but it was fun. You mixed home work 
with something I like the computer.

     Improvement:
I don't think it should be changed much, but I could use more feed back so 
then I would know what I did wrong.

   Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I remembered how to use the school website.
     Persona Choices:
The person you choose for me I really liked. I think it was pretty good.

     Persona Profile:
         - I was looking forward to playing the role.
     Letter to the Editor:
I think went well. I was ready. I didn't learn much.

     Response to Letter:
   General Feedback:
     Making It Real:
         - I wasn't able to get into the role-playing.
     Using the Web:
         - I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
     Talk to us!:
Well it was fun because you mixed one thing that I don't like(Homework) with 
something I do like(Computer) and it made something I don't mind.

 

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First Name: Dana
   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
         - I learned about how to decide to trust web pages.
         - I learned about the parts of a web page.
     Favorite Part:
My favorite part os the class was being able to use the computer for 
educational purposes and not just fun and games.

     Improvement:
I think we should have mroe time to work on the cards because sometimes it 
can be hard to find a site that works and one that I can trust.

   Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
         - I remembered about the parts of a web page.
         - I remembered how to use the school website.
     Persona Choices:
I ended up with Anna Ella Caroll. I liked that she was a writer, but it was 
very hard to find information about her that was still relevant to the 
subject.

     Persona Profile:
         - I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
         - I did not have enough information and had to make things up.
         - I was looking forward to playing the role.
         - I never did anything like this before.
         - I've done role playing before, but not online before.
         - I would love to do more of this!
     Letter to the Editor:
I think it was fun being in someone else's shoes, and trying to think of what 
they would say to the article. It's not very easy to pretend to be someone 
else when you don't know anything about them. I learned a lot about Anna Ella 
Carroll and the kind of person she was.

     Response to Letter:
It was very interesting because we got to interact with the other students 
while we're pretending to be someone else. I learned a lot about different 
people and their opinions.

   General Feedback:
     Making It Real:
         - The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
     Using the Web:
         - Learning to use the websites was easy.
         - The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
         - I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
         - I would like to do more of this next year.
     Talk to us!:
The role-playing was a lot like acting on a stage. You get a part to learn 
and you become that person for a short period of time. I learned a lot more 
through wokring online as someone else rather than studying from a book and 
taking a test on it.

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   First Name: Melissa
   Search Smart:
     Virtual Cards:
         - I learned about the parts of a web page.
         - I learned about how to use the school website, which helped for 
later.
         - I did not learn anything new, but it was fun.
     Favorite Part:
     Improvement:
   Civil War:
     Topic Cards:
         - I remembered about how to decide to trust web pages.
         - I remembered how to use the school website.
         - I did not remember much from before,  but it was fun to use the 
computer.
     Persona Choices:
     Persona Profile:
         - I had enough information to fill out the required fields.
         - I was looking forward to playing the role.
         - I never did anything like this before.
         - I would love to do more of this!
     Letter to the Editor:
     Response to Letter:
   General Feedback:
     Making It Real:
         - The role-playing made the slavery issue more real for me.
         - The role-playing was hard but I know a lot more now.
     Using the Web:
         - Learning to use the websites took a lot of time.
         - The websites made it easier to learn about the Civil War.
         - I like having schoolwork to do at home on the computer.
         - I would like to do more of this next year.
         - I would like to help my teachers learn to do more of this next 
year.
     Talk to us!:
Sometimes when i went to different web pages looking for different 
information it helped a little bit sometimes but sometimes it was hard to 
find some information like for example the early childhood for Frances Kemble 
it was really hard to find information on that but i got different 
information and plugged it all together so it made sense and it started 
getting easy and easy every time. I really like the online homework i think 
its not boring and i enjoy using the computer to do homework instead of a 
piece of paper and pencil/pen.