533 Weekly Blog

Well, I just put a few of the finishing touches on my website. I want to comment on the process. First, the site I choose to use was Weebly. I tried the google site and eventually went to weebly and was more pleased with the Weebly site. I found it easy to use and more user friendly then the google version. I was able to put several of the extras in my web page. Some of the extras I included were uploading images, video clips from youtube, creating a classroom blog, and linking my webpage to other sites. This website has many practical uses. Even though all blogs are blocked at our school there still are many use for the website I created. One use that I should have done was to update my parents on information as I have been out on paternity leave recently. This would have been a wonderful way for me to post information and examples of study guides for finals that my students will be taking. Also, the blog would be a great way for me to give my students up to date "walk in" questions, and to give them real time responses from home. I am currently serving on the Cedarburg Technology Committee and am considering bring up the usefulness of blogs not only for communication with students, but also with parents as well. I thought this was a very worthwhile assignment and found this the most relevent final I have yet taken.