Final Project

My final project is now mostly complete! I'm so excited, it's come so far and took so much work, but will definitely be worth it!

For my project I created a webpage and connected it to this blog and a gradebook for future students. I have added some basic info to the page about me and my mock classroom, in addition to some resources and guidelines. It took a lot of time, but I'm pretty happy with it so far! I looked at a lot of websites and blogs and gleaned a lot of information form those.

Reflection #10: Cool Website for Teachers

I found a cool teacher's website: Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers. This teacher, Marilyn Western, has taken our toolbox idea and expanded it beyond belief. She all sorts of amazing sites and resources. Ms Western has posted articles, tutorials, handouts, PowerPoints, links to a few widgets, extra stuff. It's pretty cool, and very easy to navigate.

This PowerPoint has to be my favourite! Oh, wait, this one is pretty good too!

Week Twelve: School's Site

I checked out the Wenatchee School District website and I really like it. It has a lot of links and tabs and information. There are links to each individual schools website from the district website. Within each school's site are a list of teachers for each grade or subject and link to their blog if they have one. There are newsletters and calendars; events; services; employment; links for students, parents, and teachers; videos and pictures; and so much more. This website is so much more detailed than my little private school's website ever was!

Assignment #4: Technology Project Plan

I have set up a webpage (www.MissSmith.webs.com) to keep parents and students up to date with the happenings of the class. The site has a plethora of tabs including a calendar, a gradebook, an assignments list, news, resources, and photos among others. I will post weekly learning objectives, assignments, large projects and materials needed, special class events, school events, and other important information on the webpage. I will create a few mock assignments to demonstrate how it works and I will do the same with the online gradebook that I have created that is linked to the webpage.

I chose to do this because I need organization and these two sites are a simple way to keep me organized and all of my information in one locale. I think that students will also benefit from this because they are from the technologically rich world. It's what they know, how they think, what they play with, and how they communicate. by having something online that they can access for a calendar or grades, I believe that students will be able to stay on track more easily. Because of the world that my students come, one that can download or upload anything, anytime, anywhere, I think that this is the best way to keep in touch on a regular basis outside of the classroom.

Follow Up

www.MissSmith.webs.com

I added a million tabs to my site that involve all the stuff that I could think up at the moment. I am 100% certain that I will think of more when I actually get into the classroom, but the site is so easy to manage, that that will not be a problem.

I think that it will be very useful to me. It keeps all my ducks in, at the very least, the same pond if not the same row. I think that it will be helpful in communicating with parents.

My project promotes NETs 3 and 4 for teachers because through this I am demonstrating how to use technology and I am encourage my students to become users of the technology as well as helping them use it properly. Also, it promotes student NETs 5 and 6 because it encourages students to be familiar with the technology world as well as learning more about how it works.