3.7 Communication & Collaboration
Candidates utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community. (PSC 3.7/ISTE 3g)
Artifacts: Class Website with Blog and E-mail
Reflection:
My classroom website is a great tool for communication and collaboration. My website was originally constructed in 2011 when I moved to Thomson-McDuffie Middle School. It has been continually enhanced and changed since then by myself. This site is a resource used to facilitate communication and collaboration among students, parents, colleagues, and other educators. This website includes basic classroom and teacher information, blogs, learning links, notes, homework assignments, projects, and class pictures.
This artifact shows mastery of standard 3.7 because I created a classroom website that utilized digital communication tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community. On this website there is access to my e-mail address if I am needed to be reached. Students use my e-mail to ask questions, parents use it to talk with me, and teachers (my peers) use it share and collaborate resources. I also have a blog on my website that I use to communicate with my students. My students can also in turn use it to communicate and collaborate with me and their peers. We have various discussions during the school year and my students are required to blog with me and each other. My website can be accessed locally and globally so that others near my school in Thomson, GA or in the larger community can communicate or collaborate with me if they need too. Without question, this classroom website serves as a vital digital communication and collaboration tool that facilitates interaction with students, parents, and beyond.
By using a classroom website I have learned what a vital tool it is. My students know that everything they need is on my website. If they miss a day of school they know to check my website. I keep it updated throughout the year and I encourage parents and students to check it for due dates, notes, and other information they may need. One thing I would do better this year is meeting my blogging goal. On my website it states that we complete blogs at least 4 times a nine weeks when in reality we did it only 2 times every nine weeks and once in the 4th nine weeks. Students really enjoyed blogging with each other and I really want to try to do this more often. They seemed to learn and collaborate more with the blogs. They could ask their questions in a comfortable space and peers could help them to find answers. This is an experience I would like my students to have more often.
This artifact impacts student learning because students have a way that they can always access the teacher. If they have questions they can ask them in a comfortable virtual place. Parents can communicate and collaborate with the teacher to ensure the success of their child. This is a winning situation because the student is getting individualized attention and this is definitely going to increase student learning. This impact can be assessed through parent and student surveys about the use of classroom websites after they are implemented in the classroom.
My classroom website is a great tool for communication and collaboration. My website was originally constructed in 2011 when I moved to Thomson-McDuffie Middle School. It has been continually enhanced and changed since then by myself. This site is a resource used to facilitate communication and collaboration among students, parents, colleagues, and other educators. This website includes basic classroom and teacher information, blogs, learning links, notes, homework assignments, projects, and class pictures.
This artifact shows mastery of standard 3.7 because I created a classroom website that utilized digital communication tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community. On this website there is access to my e-mail address if I am needed to be reached. Students use my e-mail to ask questions, parents use it to talk with me, and teachers (my peers) use it share and collaborate resources. I also have a blog on my website that I use to communicate with my students. My students can also in turn use it to communicate and collaborate with me and their peers. We have various discussions during the school year and my students are required to blog with me and each other. My website can be accessed locally and globally so that others near my school in Thomson, GA or in the larger community can communicate or collaborate with me if they need too. Without question, this classroom website serves as a vital digital communication and collaboration tool that facilitates interaction with students, parents, and beyond.
By using a classroom website I have learned what a vital tool it is. My students know that everything they need is on my website. If they miss a day of school they know to check my website. I keep it updated throughout the year and I encourage parents and students to check it for due dates, notes, and other information they may need. One thing I would do better this year is meeting my blogging goal. On my website it states that we complete blogs at least 4 times a nine weeks when in reality we did it only 2 times every nine weeks and once in the 4th nine weeks. Students really enjoyed blogging with each other and I really want to try to do this more often. They seemed to learn and collaborate more with the blogs. They could ask their questions in a comfortable space and peers could help them to find answers. This is an experience I would like my students to have more often.
This artifact impacts student learning because students have a way that they can always access the teacher. If they have questions they can ask them in a comfortable virtual place. Parents can communicate and collaborate with the teacher to ensure the success of their child. This is a winning situation because the student is getting individualized attention and this is definitely going to increase student learning. This impact can be assessed through parent and student surveys about the use of classroom websites after they are implemented in the classroom.