Journal 7: February 24th

 Teacher Pages

I searched many a school website to try and find some with teacher pages that contained more than simply an email, and eventually I did find one. I found on Jupiter Middle School's website in Jupiter, Florida. Their teacher directory has pages for each teacher, and it appears that the teacher can individually compose their own bio and link their contact information. In the teacher I clicked on, she also had a classroom website linked. The teacher also included some pictures that appear to be from a trip she had taken, and one has her and her family in it. To access her page, click here. 

Here are some photos from this teacher's page.

Looking to the Future

When I am an educator eventually, I hope to integrate technology in order to stay relevant and help my students learn in the best way possible. I plan on teaching literature or theatre, which are two subjects that often rely on non-digital materials, but with so many resources available online, I will definitely incorporate technology in my future classroom. The main thing I will most likely use these resources for is classroom management and parent communication. I have used Google Classroom and Remind101 in the past, and both were great ways to communicate information well to students and their families. With a theatre program in a school, fast and efficient communication is often needed, since rehearsal schedules or prop lists have to be sent out or changed. I could also establish good communication with families that way. If parents know what students are up to, and they know what I'm teaching them, I can know what to improve or do more of. In a theatre program, this is also essential, since parent volunteers are often what make a program run smoothly. 

Reflecting on PBWorks

Using PBWorks was definitely a new experience for me. I have read Wikis before, but they were nothing like this. It was interesting to create one myself. I liked how it gave you a lot of freedom with the information and display of text, and my group could have even played around with it more to make it more personalized. I didn't like how difficult it was to figure out at first, but with some tutorials it was fairly simple and straightforward. I think this could be useful in high school classrooms, such as the one I will most likely be teaching someday. In an English class, you could break students into groups and ask them to analyze a piece of literature, much like how we did with the articles we found. It would be useful to see each student's work in the project, which is usually a difficult thing in group projects.