Monday, October 17, 2016

#6

Your sixth post should contain: · Most schools require teachers to maintain a set of class pages on the school website. Visit a school website and look at a few class pages. Write a paragraph about what kinds of information you see publically, (students and parents likely have access to information you will not see without log-in privileges). Include a screen shot. Be sure to identify the school and grade of students. ·

This teacher mainly uses her website to let kids catch up on assignments.  Under each tab she has links to assignments.  This is for an 8th grade Earth-Space Science class and the content and design seems to be appropriate for this grade.  This teacher also has her name and a space for people to leave comments in.  Overall it seems like she is not fully utilizing the tool of having a website.  After looking at other websites on Conway Middle School's website, I found that many of the teachers did not seem to be fully using this resource.



I hope that I can use technology in a more effective way.  If I set up a website or an Edmodo page I want to use it frequently and make sure that I educate students on how to use it correctly.  Once the students are trained on how to use the technology, I hope to make using it and turning to it for information a structured part of my classroom.  To keep up with the technology I plan on attending trainings and researching new ways to engage students.  Technology can be a great tool if we use if correctly.

Specifically in the tech sandbox last week I enjoyed using the smart board.  I liked how it was easy to use.  I also enjoyed the interactive nature of the smart board.  The fun lessons and 3-D elements allow teachers to engage students and help them learn in a fun way.  Also you connect your smart board to a computer which is convenient for sharing files and interacting with websites.  Overall I think the smart board is a good and effective tool for teachers that I would like to use.  

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