1. The use of a website such as Teacher Web provides a valuable opportunity to communicate and additionally engage your students through technology. The teacher website has several applications that will help with communication, such as the web calendar, announcements, and newsflash. The use of review quizzes and reflections through Teacher Web allows to students to check their answers and submit essays. Class handouts can also be posted on Teacher Web, to supplement information in class. The Teacher Web also links to PB Wiki, which contains many collaborative projects. The additional web links provided gives the students multiple resources for health content. I think one of the most important features of Teacher Web is the class grades. This is extremely helpful for communication of grades between teacher, students, and even parents.
2. I think two of the biggest advantages for using a Teacher Web classroom website is communication and supplementation. As stated above, the newsflash allows students to receive updates via their email or even text message. This gives students no real excuse to not be informed of classroom assignments. The other advantage is supplementing the class with more specific information regarding health topics. In addition to the pb wiki, students have many resources for seeking out information. One activity that could be done is a resarch presentation on a certain health topic, which would be found through the links provided.
Two disadvantages of using a class website would be technology difficulties or lack of machines. Often times there may students who do not have 100% access to a computer at home. If they are required to do assignments online, it would not be fair to those who don't have computers or high speed internet access. I could also see possible technological difficulties in running the website, but I dont think it would be a huge problem for students navigating the site.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment