Blog #6

I choose Mrs. Nixon's 5th grade class at Stonegate Elementary in California. The information presented on the main page has a tool bar on the side has many options for her students and parents such as calendars, grades and links to projects and instructions. There is also links to personal information about the teacher her self, 5th grade in general, and different teams/clubs the students can join. Her website is very informative and easy to use for both students and parents.

I envision myself using technology in the classroom very often and involving it in both my students work and my lessons on a day to day basis. Like shown in the Sandbox presentation, I believe Smartboard every day. It is very helpful when presenting lessons, involving the students by letting them write on the board to solve problems or fill in the blank questions. I will also have homework assignments online that will be submitted to me electronically and graded electronically as well for the students and parents to see, as well as in-class assignments.

On the Wiki assignment, I learned how to have a group of my fellow students all post and edit on one website. I also learned how easy it was for all of us to collaborate and post our work to this wiki website at one time. What I liked about it was how simple it was for all of us to use the website just by accepting everyone to edit the page and become administrators. What I didn't like was the set up of the Wiki page, it was very plain and kind of out dated looking. Next time I would like to spicy up the page and make it look nicer and more organized. In my future career I could use this site for my students to collaborate on a project just as we did.