Strengths of Using Websites in the Classroom:
* Accessibility of Information for students and parents
* Organization: Simplicity for students to find information regarding such things as:
-Homework assignments
-Project prompts
-Essay or Paper pointers and more!
* A possible place to track students progress (without violating their privacy of course...)
-The accessibility to one's grades can allow a student to constantly assess themselves as well as have a game plan regarding what they need to do to obtain a certain grade or improve in a certain way.
*Environmentally friendly and sustainable:
-Eliminates much need to print out instructional worksheets, lessons, instructions, prompts, rubrics, grade sheets, students can just access information on the website without using paper because they will be forever accessible online!
* Visuals, Links, and otherwise other informational multimedia a student would not be able to access or would need to search for on their own.
*With a website, you can mentor students from home....which is more effective and efficient than using email because all of the information is directly obtainable.
* Organization: Simplicity for students to find information regarding such things as:
-Homework assignments
-Project prompts
-Essay or Paper pointers and more!
* A possible place to track students progress (without violating their privacy of course...)
-The accessibility to one's grades can allow a student to constantly assess themselves as well as have a game plan regarding what they need to do to obtain a certain grade or improve in a certain way.
*Environmentally friendly and sustainable:
-Eliminates much need to print out instructional worksheets, lessons, instructions, prompts, rubrics, grade sheets, students can just access information on the website without using paper because they will be forever accessible online!
* Visuals, Links, and otherwise other informational multimedia a student would not be able to access or would need to search for on their own.
*With a website, you can mentor students from home....which is more effective and efficient than using email because all of the information is directly obtainable.
Possible Concerns Regarding Using a Website in the Classroom:
*Potential for inaccessibility to information on the site if:
-The internet at school, work, or a student's home is not working....
*Possible technological interference (virus, glitches, etc) or otherwise inappropriate advertisements or comments displayed upon the site.....
*Issue regarding pictures or graphics one may want to use depicting work done in the classroom, one will need to gain permission to do so from each parent.....
-Possibility for a major conflict if one of those students is pictured online
*Possibility to ostracize those students who do not have access to the internet at home.......this may make them feel outside of the majority. It may also cause those students to constantly need to make accommodations to go to a friend's house, library, or school technology lab to access such information.
-The internet at school, work, or a student's home is not working....
*Possible technological interference (virus, glitches, etc) or otherwise inappropriate advertisements or comments displayed upon the site.....
*Issue regarding pictures or graphics one may want to use depicting work done in the classroom, one will need to gain permission to do so from each parent.....
-Possibility for a major conflict if one of those students is pictured online
*Possibility to ostracize those students who do not have access to the internet at home.......this may make them feel outside of the majority. It may also cause those students to constantly need to make accommodations to go to a friend's house, library, or school technology lab to access such information.
How Websites Promote Student Engagement:
Websites are capable of promoting student engagement in and outside of the classroom in several ways:
Communication: The accessibility to the website can allow students to know various homework, project, and other class orientated expectations.....no mystery, no gray areas.
Collaboration: It can allow the students as well as the teacher a place to collaborate with students when they otherwise would not be in class.
Participation: It limits excuses not have understood or participated in assignments. It also encourages it by the website providing external links or websites that may otherwise not have been readily accessible or easy to find.
Tool for Success: As education progresses and more and more use of technology is implemented to teach and learn, the website will become an even more necessary, effective, and useful tool for the student's overall understanding and success.
Acceptance of Responsibility: Providing the website makes the students more willing to accept that they have a responsibility to get homework done, study hard, and be successful because the site allows little room for excuses.
Communication: The accessibility to the website can allow students to know various homework, project, and other class orientated expectations.....no mystery, no gray areas.
Collaboration: It can allow the students as well as the teacher a place to collaborate with students when they otherwise would not be in class.
Participation: It limits excuses not have understood or participated in assignments. It also encourages it by the website providing external links or websites that may otherwise not have been readily accessible or easy to find.
Tool for Success: As education progresses and more and more use of technology is implemented to teach and learn, the website will become an even more necessary, effective, and useful tool for the student's overall understanding and success.
Acceptance of Responsibility: Providing the website makes the students more willing to accept that they have a responsibility to get homework done, study hard, and be successful because the site allows little room for excuses.
How Websites Enhance Teaching History
1. History as a discourse is one of the most complex subjects to analyze and study.
2. The variety of perspectives, theories, geographies, and ever growing events that comprise the entirety of "what is history" as well as how to interpret it is ever changing.
3. Such things as visuals and links can enhance student's understanding of:
2. The variety of perspectives, theories, geographies, and ever growing events that comprise the entirety of "what is history" as well as how to interpret it is ever changing.
3. Such things as visuals and links can enhance student's understanding of:
Government:
Sociology
Visuals can aid students' understanding of various concepts that otherwise may be difficult for them to comprehend. This example allows the students to understand such sociological ideas by connecting Disney characters to various sociological reasoning.
Anthropology
With such discourses as Anthropology, which most students may not be able to define, the use of YouTube could be very helpful.
These are definitely all examples of how such a site can be used......not to mention many more:
These are definitely all examples of how such a site can be used......not to mention many more:
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