Transcript A Classroom Website for Teaching

Jill French
Online Series January 12, 2009
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Presentation Outline
Slides 3 – 5 background information
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who I am
rationale behind why I use a class website
Slides 6-11
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benefits
brief overview of my website sections
Slides 12-18
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closer look at my section with specific examples for
how it helps me with my teaching
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Who am I?
• Masters of Educational Technology through UBC
(2005)
• I teach grade 5 using a blended environment
• guiding questions: why, how, when, and which
technology best supports my students’ learning
• goal: to use technology purposefully &
seamlessly throughout the day
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Goals for this Presentation
1. to inspire you to play
2. to demonstrate how I use a class
website to enhance the organization of
my teaching
3. to provide support
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Why changes to my teaching?
societal changes
– driving changes in learning
– impacting teaching
• personal pressure
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A Classroom Website
supports these changes
• societal changes
– using web 2.0 tools
• changes in learning
– anytime, anywhere
• changes in teaching
– a vehicle for facilitating these changes
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Benefits
• efficiency
• dissemination
• transparency (wall-less classroom)
• accessibility by others
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Classroom Website
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For Parents
• parents ‘see’ into the classroom
• class pictures
• classroom materials
• support materials
• Parents’ page
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For Peers
• peers can ‘see’
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why I use technology
example of my student access
links for organizing
practical outside resources for teachers
resource links for students
resource links e.g. math vocabulary sheets
making the shift
101+ ideas (web tour)
tool box
• Peers’ page
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For My Students
Students’ page provides access to ….
today’s schedule
resources online
homework
class wiki
Forms and Templates
class blogs (1) (2)
Toy Box
units
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For Myself
Website enhances my teaching:
1. organize my teaching
2. explore new tools and approaches
3. increase continuity
My page
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Organization
i) planning
…long-term
– Year at a Glance
– The Big Issues
– Month at a Glance
– Learning Environment Checklist
– spot to create for other sections
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Organization
i) planning continued
... short-term
– daybook
– day plan
– guided reading goals
– weekly Blog
– subject areas e.g. French, Reading, Math
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Organization
ii) revisiting the theory (archived learning)
• why, when and how
• my own research
– e.g. Benefits and Costs
• Why Use the SMART Board
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Organization
iii) storing and accessing my tools
• resources online
• quick-fix
• ideas and forms
• definitions of terms
• instructional strategies and adaptations
• performance standards
• tool box
• digital posters e.g. Decimals
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Explore New Tools
• to explore new tools and approaches to
enhance learning
– blogs
– wikis
– podcasts
– visualization tools
– toy box
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Provide Continuity
• to efficiently provide consistency
– for when I am away
– for when students are away
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Final Thoughts
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If you are interested in anything you have seen and would like
some help, please email me at [email protected] and I will
try to provide the help you need.
In addition, this ppt is available at
www.sd91.bc.ca/frenchj
– scroll down to Educators > A Classroom Website for Teaching ppt
– a recording to this session will be added to my website
There are many exceptional resources online that will help you
envision how you might use technology in new ways in your
teaching, may I recommend just one:
Infusing 21st Thinking Skills into the TL environment
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Teaching in a Blended Environment
• Online Series February 16, 2009
• focuses on how a blended environment
specifically supports student learning and
supports independent learning skills
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