Thursday, March 12, 2009
Scholastic Web Page
I couldn't believe how easy the Scholastic site made it to create your own class room website. The way Mrs. Conrad had her schedule set up, there is no way for anybody to say they weren't ready, or didn't know about, or nobody told them about assignments or what was happening in the class. This is something that parents must really appreciate. I know that my high school daughters have not always been "forthright" in their reporting of their status and standing in their classes. (you know, cuz they don't want to lose texting or facebook privileges). I would love to be able to go on the site and see what they got on tests and what they were doing on homework assignments. This is a way of communicating with parents and students that was never before possible. Think about even 5 years ago...you had to wait for parent/teacher conferences or you had to call the school, and wait for a return call back, then schedule a meeting, then meet the teacher. You want to know why your kid got a "C" its all right there in black and white!
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Yes, I agree...I'm not a parent but I think a class web page is a great tool for parents to have. I am fortunate to have a lot of communication with the parents of students in my class, but not every teacher does...A web page is a great way for teachers to keep the communication on the forefront.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about how great it is for a parent to check on asignments and to be able to communicate with the teacher.I think Teacher page websites are wonderful also, Let's face it sometimes by the time a parent knows what is going on the child may be on their way to failing. I love the idea of a web page. Great Blog!
ReplyDeleteU bring up a interesting point of waiting for a teacher to respond back and schedule parent- teacher conferencing is a thing of the old. LIke u said, there is no reason for a parent not to know what is going on in his or her child's life. It all can be seen through scholastic webpage. How wonderful!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that the biggest advantage to having a classroom webpage is to keep open communication with the parents. How many times have we asked our kids do they have homework and they respond "NO". With the web page, knowing what is exactly going on in our kids classroom is just a click away.
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