1. A teacher webpage is a page that a teacher creates for their students and students' parents (and anyone else who cares to look at it) to view. They can include information about themselves and their classroom for people to look at. It is a good way to let students know what they missed if they were absent or what is coming up on the calendar. They can also put information for parents on the webpage.
2. I definitely will use a teacher webpage. I will be teaching early childhood, so I think it would be good for the parents to be able to get to know me a little better through it and to put some fun activities for my students to do. I would use the page as both an informational resource and as a place for my students to come and explore and have fun with.
3. Pros- Parents and students can get to know the teacher better and see some of the things that are going on in the classroom.
Cons- It needs to be maintained in order to be an effective webpage for viewers, which means more work and time for the teacher. If teachers do not know their district's policies, they could get in trouble for putting pictures or names of students on the page.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Webquests
1. From browsing the examples, it looks like a webquest is a way to teach a new concept and/or complete a class assignment on the internet. They include the learning objectives and then give websites that can be used to find the information that will be needed to complete the learning objective.
2. It will be kind of hard to use webquests in early childhood classrooms because the kids probably cannot use computers and read extremely well. It could probably only be used with the older kids (second or third grade) and I would definitely have to use the shorter version of webquests that could be completed in one day. I could use webquests to help further explain concepts to them. There are a ton of ways that this could be done. For little kids using kid-oriented websites with pictures so that they do not get bored with paragraphs of text would be most efficient.
3. The pros of using webquests would be that kids could be more interactive and get to do something different than the everyday classroom learning. In the examples from class, the kids would have been very involved and doing something interesting and fun. The cons would be that maybe some kids are not good with using computers (for younger kids this may not be the best way to teach). If it is not compiled carefully, it could turn into a mindless activity, so teachers need to make sure that the assignment is still a challenge to the children's learning and that they are not just clicking websites and copying answers.
2. It will be kind of hard to use webquests in early childhood classrooms because the kids probably cannot use computers and read extremely well. It could probably only be used with the older kids (second or third grade) and I would definitely have to use the shorter version of webquests that could be completed in one day. I could use webquests to help further explain concepts to them. There are a ton of ways that this could be done. For little kids using kid-oriented websites with pictures so that they do not get bored with paragraphs of text would be most efficient.
3. The pros of using webquests would be that kids could be more interactive and get to do something different than the everyday classroom learning. In the examples from class, the kids would have been very involved and doing something interesting and fun. The cons would be that maybe some kids are not good with using computers (for younger kids this may not be the best way to teach). If it is not compiled carefully, it could turn into a mindless activity, so teachers need to make sure that the assignment is still a challenge to the children's learning and that they are not just clicking websites and copying answers.
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