tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8439285203369511884.post2602988319592952042..comments2010-08-15T23:39:03.717-04:00Comments on Laura's Technology Blog for Walden U: National Education Technology StandardsMs. Buccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754488488048545870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8439285203369511884.post-17328757377722260902010-07-13T14:41:07.091-04:002010-07-13T14:41:07.091-04:00I currently have a parent blog that I used from Ap...I currently have a parent blog that I used from April to the end of the year. I found it easy to update as the students were being called for buses. I would post test dates, field trip reminders, extra credit assignments, as well as accomplishments of students. I am luck to have had all my parents join the blog and receivevd great feedback from it. I would like to do the same thing for my students. I do not want them to use it as a crutch for assignments but reinforncement. Our students are required to use an agenda to write assignments in, so hope fully this will prevent the "I didn't do it because you did not post it" excuse. Blogs I found to be easy to use and update! Hope it works!Ms. Buccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754488488048545870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8439285203369511884.post-76461044541088261632010-07-11T10:58:48.537-04:002010-07-11T10:58:48.537-04:00Laura,
Many of my students do not have the interne...Laura,<br />Many of my students do not have the internet at home so parents can not access their child's school information from home. We have a school website that has a teacher connect where parents can ask direct questions to teachers and it shows up in our teacher mailbox.<br />Unfortunately, it seems that my more knowledgible students have parents that are more active and involved than the students who are less motivated students. My parents of the "good" students are involved and the parents of the "not as good" students are not and unavailable when I call or visit their home. NCLB still sucks! I am afraid you will find similar results once you implement your game plan.Mark and Courtney Bordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741879914977849556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8439285203369511884.post-13056092390745597842010-07-09T19:28:45.253-04:002010-07-09T19:28:45.253-04:00Hi Laura,
I like your idea of creating a blog or ...Hi Laura,<br /><br />I like your idea of creating a blog or website that parents can go to in order to find class information, test dates, homework, etc. My school district has a website for each teacher if they want to create it called SWIFT. Have you heard of that? I recommend this teacher website if you have access to it, because it is really user-friendly and parents can go to it from the school site. The only thing I've found that can be bothersome with having a class website is if you forget to update something right away, the parents and students try to hold that against you or they come in and say, "I didn't do the homework because you forgot to post it to the website." I am now very clear in stating that the website is supplemental, and they should all be able to do things without going to the website. The website is to help them, but they are responsible for knowing what is due ahead of time, regardless if it is posted on the website or not. <br /><br />Hope this helps!!<br />Good luck!!<br /><br />MarieMarie Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416395216271781955noreply@blogger.com