Side note: Happy early Fourth of July!! If you're going out of town for it, safe travels!! 'Merica!!!
Now, back to what we need to talk about! Teacher pages! From my observations, these are either not as popular as they used to be or schools in Tallahassee don't use them frequently. In the schools that I did find though, it was pretty popular to have the class newsletter attached along with some announcements and possibly the curriculum for the year. The particular teacher page that I am using as my example though is very detailed and contains links to all the homework and particular subject areas for her class. It has a whole theme and is very detailed for all her parents, which I really enjoy.
Here is the link to the class I used and a picture of the math page:
https://sites.google.com/a/viking.portage.k12.oh.us/p-bane/activities-calander
Now, to my experience with blogging... I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. Overall, I think I really enjoy it, but in this context I am not the biggest fan. I like having an outlet to write on because I have always considered myself better in writing than in verbal communication of my feelings. I also really like being able to interact with others and bringing my own style in my posts. I do not really like having this be an assignment, but would rather it be for recreation. Overall, I think I really enjoy the platform and would consider continuing it for another outlet choice. It has taught me how to express certain things along with provide my own insight while being aesthetically pleasing through hyperlinks and inserts.
Honestly, on the last assignment, I just learned how to make an evaluation sheet. I had never had to make one or think about things that would go on one, so to have that opportunity was actually really neat and I enjoyed it. I knew all the tools of adding a box and text, but have never applied them to this particular assessment. I see myself having to make them in my future teaching career so I am glad I got to practice with this one. I see myself possibly being able to make it a little more professional and thorough in the future, but I think that will come with having an actual assignment to attach it to.
Here is my example:
Hope you enjoyed this week's post, and don't forget to "chat with Lucy" next week!!! Again, Happy Fourth of July!! Talk soon!
Check out my comments on Gabi and Amanda's posts!!
Hey Lucy!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your blog posts! The way that you write is so fun and evokes a sense of casualness along with professionalism. I completely relate to your thoughts on expressing feelings better through writing! I have found these blog assignments to be really helpful in terms of discussing how I feel about certain assignments and whether or not I want to implement the technology we use in my future classroom/career.
Hey Lucy! I love how fun you make your blog!! Happy fourth of july! I agree I didn't see that teacher pages were that popular and haven't experienced frequent use of them but I kind of like them. I think with how big technology is it's an easy outlet to let your students know of all things quickly and in one spot! I had the same experience with our assignment! I think it was pretty useful because obviously making an evaluation like that is similar to many other things we'd have to make for a classroom and it was good practice!
ReplyDeleteHey Lucy, I hope you had a great Fourth of July! I do have a difficult time blogging as well, but I overall feel like I'm getting the hang of it slowly. Sooner or later you'll get the hang of it too. Also, for your first time creating the evaluation assignment, you did a pretty good job at it. My only tip would be to remember to Screenshot your assignments rather than to take a picture of it. I see you have a Mac, all you have to do is press Command, Shift and 4 all together.
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