This week was a very busy week for me. I worked about 60 hours and I am trying to squeeze in time to work on the website. At first I was extremely petrified of this assignment. The reason I was so scared is because I am very challenged when it comes to technology. I thought to myself how can someone who barely understands the different formats that you can save things in, possibly build a website! Well I got into Google Site Creator and was very impressed. I thought that it was very easy to "navigate" through. I enjoyed being able to hypothetically set up a class website. I think that the website will be a useful tool for students. However I don't think that you can replace face to face instruction. Someone like me truly benefits from face to face instruction.
Just like this online class has been very challenging to me, I feel that some students will be discouraged by the website. However, I do understand that in such a growing age of technology that I must suck it up and get with the times. My biggest concern as an educator is to reach every single student. I want to figure out how each student learns and reach them by making sure that I teach in a style that they understand and enjoy. For some students that will be a website. So I really appreciate the opportunity to get some practice with such a wonderful program to make a website.
Ms. D's 6th Grade Social Science Web Page
Week 13 (Chapter 11 & 12)
16 years ago
I can honestly say I have many of the same thoughts and concerns you have expressed. I was also surprised at the final product; it looks pretty doggone good for someone who has never done anything like this before now. I enjoy all of the experiences with this class too.
ReplyDeleteSky, I enjoyed reading your reflections and sharing you and your peer's thoughts. I do agree that online instruction will not replace face-to-face completely, at least not near future. Because of the different learning styles, some students will encounter more problems in online classes than others. This difference will be smaller for the "digital natives" because they grow up in the technology age and master all available tech. Great job.
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