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Blog Journal 7

 1. I believe that teacher pages on school websites are very important. Oftentimes, students and parents are interested in a class prior to taking it, and having teacher pages help students and parents assess if the class is right for the student. Furthermore, students do not always share teacher information with their parents, so it is important that the parents have an area where they can find course material and teacher contact information without the involvement of the student. Additionally, sometimes student websites may face problems like shutdowns and maintenance, so having a backup option for a teacher to display class information can come in handy. 

The kinds of information that are seen publicly include information about the class, information about the teacher, and links to external sources. Some information about the class may include due dates, important assignments, and course expectations. Information about the teacher may include the teacher's background information, teaching style, and contact information. Having the teacher's contact information posted publicly is important for general and emergency situations. Lastly, on a teacher page, one can expect to see links to external sources. Some examples of important external sources are textbook links, literature links, and links to other important resources. 

https://brhs.palmbeachschools.org/staff_directory


2. In my future professional life, I envision myself incorporating technology in many ways. Firstly, I am already using technology in order to try and begin my professional life. Currently, I am using sites like LinkedIn, google, glassdoor, and indeed to attempt to find internships for this upcoming summer. If these job-based websites were not available, I believe that finding work would be much more difficult. Also, when it comes to my future professional life, I see myself using technology to connect with others that work alongside me. I intend on using email, information-sharing forums, and different collaborative sites such as PBWorks in order to connect with those in my professional circle. Lastly, I can see myself using word processing, PowerPoint, and spreadsheet tools to create presentations and organize data in my professional career. 


3. When completing the group assignment, I enjoyed learning about how to navigate on a wiki platform (PB Works). At first, I had no clue how to navigate through the site! I had to ask my group members for lots of help on how to edit and post different pages onto PB Works. After my amazing group members walked me through my questions, I was able to complete the assignment with ease and now I think it is a useful and interesting tool! I think that a wiki could be used with k-12 students to have them be able to collaborate with one another, and for teacher-to-student information sharing.


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