*Classroom Website*

I have started to think about how I want to set up my classroom website.. I want to create a website that is user friendly and easy to navigate. In the future I think it would be very beneficial for the parents of my students to be able to get online and check to see how things are going in class. If there are important messages concerning the class as a whole, the parents will have access to this sort of thing by visiting my webpage. Also, I want my students to feel welcome to view the webpage. They also have a right to know what is going on in the class. I think the class website assignment is an excellent idea. I will be student teaching soon and hopefully will begin teaching somewhere next fall, so I think it is an excellent idea for us to learn how to use a classroom website so that we will be prepared for our own classrooms when the time comes.

[Wonderful World of Technology]

I am currently taking the Theory to Practice class, which allows me to be in a Kindergarten class two days a week. I never thought that I would enjoy Kindergarten, but it turns out that I love it! The kids are great. In this class the teacher has "centers" set up for the students and they go to these centers everyday. At one of the centers there are three computers for the students to work with. At these computers the students can listen to stories and play interactive games that tie in with the lessons being taught that day. I think this is an excellent way to incorporate technology into the classroom! I plan on having something like this in my future classroom, if the funds are available for me to have one or more computers. I have been in some classrooms that have no computers, which is very sad. We need to keep our students up to date with technology just as we try and keep ourselves up to speed in the world of technology!

What I think about Portaportal.....

Hello once again...
I hope everyone is doing well!!
I just wanted to say that I think the Portaportal assignment was a great idea. I have always been an extremely organized person and this assignment has made me feel so much better about finding what websites that I like to use without having to search the history on my computer.. I plan on using this in my future classroom with my students. I think that students will find it enjoyable because they can add their own websites and they can make the portaportal their own by changing background colors and coming up with their own categories. It is also nice that you can allow guest access. This would be good for a teacher with younger students because the teacher could keep up with their students work. I hope everyone like creating their portaportals..

Until next time.....

Never can catch up...

Does anyone ever feel that they are being left behind in the huge world of technology??? I do! It seems that everytime I think that I may be figuring things out in the fast paced world of technology something comes along and blows my mind all over again..It looks like I may never catch up!!!

First Time Blogging

Hello all!!
I hope everyone is having an easy time setting up their blogs. I enjoyed setting mine up. I think it will be a fun thing for this class. I hope everyone has a wonderful semester.