Saturday, April 28, 2007

my first webpage

Creating a classroom webpage has been an interesting experience for me. Initially, I had not realized all of the many skills, knowledge and practical concerns that come into play. Consideration needed to be given to many aspects of the project including, permission for student work to appear online; the sorting of priorities = what to include, and in what hierarchy; the tone and voice of the page = the use of humor appropriate for an elementary school and/or a professional voice echoing best practices and pedagogy; the determining of the purpose of the site = is it for the kids, families, colleagues and/or will it be informative and/or entertaining.
This is my first site, and I realize when I work on new sites the weight of the above considerations will inevitably change. It is the embracing of this evolution, I believe, which has been the crux of this course. As teachers, we are continually evaluating and changing teaching practices and this is never more evident then when working with technology. Much of technology, including websites and the many other projects we have created in this class, are built for editing, thus promoting reflection and revision, in order to best meet ever changing learning/teaching needs.

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