Blog Post 7

-Individualized class webpages can be very helpful because it allows the parents to see into the school life of their child in certain environments. It helps the parents be involved in their child's learning experience as well as build connections to the school itself. I explored a class webpage for 6th-grade social studies at St. Patrick Catholic academy, and this is slightly different than a typical webpage. It is similar in the respect that it has information outlining classroom expectations and the structure of the classroom. Like how homework is going to be distributed and such. It also had school events specific to that grade level and other school info, like covid protocols. It also had links to all homework assignments so that they can be easily accessed at home. One last thing is that I noticed that because it is a religious-based school it also touched on how their beliefs will be tied into the student's education.

https://stpatrickca.org/seventh-grade/

- For my own professional skills I really plan on using basic software like Grammarly and social media platforms in which teachers share lesson plans. I want to be able to expand my skills and my horizons as much as I can, and I have learned that the best way to do that is to learn from others. So the effective means of communication with not only other teachers but with parents and my students is crucial and so no matter what technology I use I want to be prepared to use it so I can pass that knowledge onto my students.

-Using Wiki was a little easier than I had anticipated in the idea that when I first created my account the opening home page seemed very full and it overloaded my eyes a little which overwhelmed me. But once I began to navigate it I began to see the logical side of its organization. Also when we did our evaluation forms using the one link to have all of them on there and be able to edit easily was very nice and I can see myself using that to do group projects in the future because it allowed one area to be able to collaborate easily.