Revisiting your goals is always beneficial as it requires reflection. Acknowledging one’s accomplishments is critical to remaining on the path towards an ultimate goal. In this case, I am trying to become more proficient in using technology to advance learning in and outside of my classroom. I am proud to say that my class webpage is up and running and I have already received several emails from parents regarding the information it provides. Granted this is a work in progress, but I look forward to the day when it is simply commonplace to update my webpage with relevant information and parents reference it frequently to stay up-to-date with our classroom happenings. You can visit it at http://minnie.hartlandschools.us/groups/msseiterskindergartenclass/. I welcome any comments or suggestions that you may have.
My second goal is to become more knowledgeable about interactive whiteboards; SmartBoards, in particular. After conversing with a colleague, who is also a member of the technology team, we decided that it would be beneficial to create a database that contains links to the different interactive whiteboard resources. Creating such a database would increase the likelihood that other teachers would use such resources to integrate technology in their classrooms. In addition, we also hope to evaluate these resources to ensure that we are using the best learning resources for our students. Understandably, this will be a project that could be years in the making; however, the discoveries that will occur along the way will help guide me in the right direction of become more proficient in integrating technology into my classroom.
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3 months ago
Erika,
ReplyDeletegreat seeing your class website. Very proud you are walking the walk and not just doing lip service in this class. Too many teachers do that. Also, I noticed the web address had an Apple icon. Does Apple sponsor your class website for free much like a wikispace? Is it essentially the same thing? Looks like you are on the right track with your website. I plan on putting exemplars of great work up on my wikispace soon, along with the students' thoughts.
Great work!
Jordan White
Jordan,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment! I believe my school district has a contract with Apple, so the teachers are encouraged to create their webpages using the wiki format provided.
Erika
Erika,
ReplyDeleteYour class webpage looks great. It looks like you have put a lot of effort into it and I am sure parents greatly appreciate that. I am sure that as you become better at using the webpage technology you will begin adding more sections. What you have now is a great start. A couple of things that I on my webpage (and my district requires some of these) is ways to contact me (and appropriate times i.e. planning), a daily class agenda (which I have just recently moved to as it require a lot of time), items for parents like the link to our online gradebook, district forms, etc., and a form that parents can simply submit comments or question that emails me.
Good luck in your endeavor and again, it looks great!