Blog #6

I found a website from Brennen Elementary School. This website had many links that directed users to teacher's own pages. The picture above is just one of many examples listed on this website. This one is Ms. Andrew's 5th grade class page, which was filled with many things. First of all, there are announcements which are directed to the parents. They inform the parents of what the students will be learning and working on this week, which is The Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, and World War II. Below it are resources listed for the parents to look at. Also listed is a weekly calendar, the teacher's room number, and a link to her email.

With our society and technology today, it is so hard to not use technology. So much of the curriculum and what we do in class is revolved around technology, whether it be a computer, a smart board, or even an iPad. In my opinion, it is crazy how much schooling is dependent on technology. In my personal classroom, I will definitely use Word Office, like mentioned in the podcast. Not only today do I use it, but I could also see myself creating documents or test/assignments on there. In addition, I plan to incorporate blogging in my classroom. From my experience in this class, I feel like blogging and writing out my thoughts each week have helped my learning. Lastly, I will try to be as clear and organize as possible. I would create my own website, which would include all of the homework I assign and any other documents or rubrics my students need. This will help all of them know what to do and stay on top of their work. 

After completing the assignment, the Web Evaluation Wiki, I have gained a lot of knowledge about websites. First of all, there are many websites out there that are not reliable. I also learned how to use PBworks to create a webpage. I found this a little confusing at first, but as I continued to use it, I finally got the hang of it. I liked how simple it was to use and how straight forward. Some programs that I have used are so difficult but this website was not. I also really liked the fact that the user can invite others so that everyone can collaborate on a work. This would be a great program in the classroom for any group projects. Next time, I could use more options on my work. Because this was my first time using it, I used the bare minimum of the options that were given.