Teacher pages are very useful in being able to learn a little bit more about your teacher and what they are like. Most of the teacher pages had information about themselves such as their interests, hobbies, and what they look forward most in the school year. In addition to the class curriculum. From reading different pages about the teachers, I can see how nice it is to get an overall feeling about who your child is spending their day with. Are they nice? Do they dress nice? Do they present themselves in a respectable way?
When I become a teacher, I envision myself using the fancy projectors and smart screens to teach. Depending on the subject that I teach, I might incorporate videos that I learned from when I was in school (If the material is still up to date). Being able to see how the kids react to the material I learned from might be funny as well as educating. Programs like Canvas is something that I will be proficient in consierding that I have had to use this program while in school and the school that I will be employed with relies heavily on Canvas as well. They feel that if students can become familiar with the program now, then they will have an advantage once they graduate and go to college.
My experience working with PBworks was good. It was very different compared to other programs that I have worked on. It was very basic, and I felt very limited with what I was able to put into the page that I was working on. Also editing the page was difficult and I had little control on page layout. I did like how easy it was to learn how to navigate the program itself and understand the limitations but also learning what I was able to actually do on the page.
Hello floppingflamingo! I agree that a teacher's website is useful in understanding who the teacher is and how the parents are able to communicate more with them. In regards to how you'll be using technology, both you and I have similar visions on how we will be teaching, since I will make sure to take advantage of technology to ensure that my students enjoy learning and are consistently motivated to learn. Speaking of technology, I too found PBWorks to be very limiting in regards to what can be done and what how it can be customized, but it gets the job done nonetheless. I just wish it was a bit more developed.
ReplyDeleteHi Flopping Flamingo!,
ReplyDeleteI think it is interesting that you brought up how parents would think to ask themselves does their child's teacher dress nice. I think it's interesting due to the reality of what does it really matter how they dress in terms of their ability as a teacher, you know?