I had a lot of fun in class today. Yes, we had to fly to get through it all, but thank heavens I had a fantastic Computer Technology in Education class this summer (Pam Turley instructor) who prepared me well to understand most of what is going on in class. I had the basic skill set to get through class just fine today.
Putting together the classroom website is so similar to what we did with the UEN website that I'm going to have to play more to decide which site I prefer. They can do exactly the same things and I've become very familiar with myuen.org so I will have a learning curve to do the same assignments using a different tool. I can see the value in having classroom websites. Several of my children's teachers use google sites but the problem I have is remembering where to find the site and remembering to check it. There are so many tools to make each page on the google site useful. This is appealing.
I like the idea of students being able to post their work to the website, or being able to share their knowledge on a page of the website. Perhaps we allow students to be in charge of a specific page and let them utilize the technology. Especially with older students, they are so knowledgeable about technology and they would probably love being webmaster that week (versus door holder, line leader, etc.) Even something as simple as posting the spelling lists could be done by a class webmaster. As more and more people turn to google tools, I can see the calendars, homework items, announcements and contact info being easy to navigate, implement and become very helpful for parents and other teachers. I hope more teachers get on board using this technology.
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