Teacher Web Critique

Teacher Web Critique

Describe how you see the use of a class web site could support your future teaching. Describe at least 3 ways how you see the use of a class web site could be used to support your future teaching. Provide specific details for each example.

A class website is a great tool that can help to connect the classroom to home. I can see it being a wonderful tool for keeping parents informed about their students work and progress in the classroom as well letting them see what their children are working on. With teacher web, I especially liked the handouts page as homework assignments and other forms that get sent home could be posted on the class website so that they are not lost in bottom of students backpacks. A class website could also be a great tool for students as it allows the teacher to direct them towards good internet sites and can help students to have great experiences on the internet.

Identify what you see as the top 2 ways students could use a class web site to enhance their learning and provide some justifications for your selections.

I think that the teacher web class website would offer some great ways to enhance students learning. The first way was with the whiteboard application. I think that it is great that students could complete worksheets on the website and save it so that teachers could see it online, this would save paper. This application is also great because it allows the students to interact with each other as they can see many of their classmates’ projects as well. This would be great for getting students to interact with each other. Another great way that class websites can enhance students learning, is that is allows the teacher to post their homework and other assignments for students to work on. This allows students to work on projects that they forgot at school. It also allows the teacher make announcements if problems arise that could help students to better understand projects. Students could be notified early of common mistakes to keep in mind, so that errors in their thinking processes are not cemented into their minds. This allows homework to be less difficult and a more effective learning experience.

Think about the page types and features of the Teacher Web system. What do you feel where the 2 strongest features or page types within the Teacher Web system? Why do you see these as the strongest?

I think that the whiteboard and the handouts tools on the teacher web system were the most effective and the strongest features of the site. The whiteboard was a great hands-on way for the students to get involved on the class website, and for the teacher to give students fun computer activities to complete on the internet. I think it is important that kids see the interactive and fun features of class websites in addition to the more practical and academic uses. The handouts tool was another strong feature in my opinion. I know that as a child, I often forgot to give my parents important handouts, or forgot worksheets that I was supposed to complete at school. Having these handouts available on the internet will help students to be more responsible, and have more learning experiences at home, and will also help to make sure that parents are as informed as possible. Although many of the other features on the teacher web were interesting tools, I felt that these two tools were by far the most helpful and conducive to connecting classroom learning to students’ home lives.