Google Doc. Part 2 Google sites

What: This week we learned how to create our own web page by using Google Sites. I really enjoyed this assignment.

So What: As I was working on this project I was thinking that this would be wonderful for my family. I could create a family web. site. I could have pages for news letter updates, one for pictures and video, and another with a calender of events that we would like to share with everyone i.e birthdays, anniversary, Joshua's school play, Amanda's dance recital and Jonathan's basketball game. I was also thinking this would be great for school now. I could have a homework calendar, a page for resources, and a place to store all my documents so that I have them saved in five places. I really had fun playing around with this site.

Also this week I played around with Google Calenders some more. The hardest part of being in the teaching program is keeping track of what homework is do, when for which class. So I created a homework calendar to share with the rest of my cohort. I tried to link it to our group Facebook page but it wouldn't work. Finally Jason suggested that I create a new blog page and embedded it there. That worked, so we all now have accesses to it and if someone notice that I forgot something then they can post it in the comments. I think this will help all of us to stay on top of things.

Now What: I can't decide which I like better, My UEN, or Google sites. I really like the side bar and how you can see everything there. I think if I ultimately decide to use this over My UEN I would set it up very much the way it already is. Under homework I would have a pdf of any work sheets we did that day, so that if a student looses theirs or is absent they can just print off a new one. I would also direct them to resources/tools for any links to web sites we may have used that day. Depending on the grade I my even set up a way for my students to submit most of their homework on line. I do have to take into consideration that even in today's age of electronics not everyone will have a computer in their home. I would also setup my "Top Secret Files" so that my students can't see it but that my colleagues can. That way if I have something in my collection that they really like, they can just help themselves.

I always want the parents of my students to feel like they are well informed and involved in their child's education