Sunday, April 3, 2011

Module 6 Reflection- Classroom Website

If I was teaching in an elementary classroom, I would, without a doubt, make a class website. This website would be easy to access and be a helpful resource for my students as well as their parents. The first thing that my website would have would be a full Class Roster with parent as well as teacher contact info. This would provide a central place for students to contact classmates for help with work/projects as well as a place for parents to contact each other and the teacher with an concerns or for conferences and such. The second feature that my website would have is a Grade Book with an easy way for students and parents to view the assignments, when they were due and the grade that was made as well as class and website attendance. This feature would reinforce students to keep up with their own grades and build up responsibility. Third would be a Calendar with updated homework, assessments, projects and other school and class events. This would be helpful for parents to keep up with their student's work and for forgetful and/or absent students. The calendar would have links to the Worksheet and Study Guide tab where students would find scanned copies of all worksheets passed out in class that day. This will help those students that were absent and make excuses about not doing work unexceptable. Finally there would be a Weblinks tab where students can find links to fun educational sites that will help them learn the info in the units we cover in class in a different and fun way.