The weebly account I made is all about
community helpers. The front page is the introduction page, it also has a link
to a community helper’s song that teachers can show their students. The next
page on m website is the Resources. On the resources page I have added lots of
different resources for teachers about community helpers. All the resources
have activities and various things teachers can use in their classroom to teach
their students all about community helpers. Some of the links I created myself
and others I got off line because I found them useful in creating my lesson
plans on community helpers. Another page on my weebly account is my badges. The
badges are what I have been working on and it allows teachers to see the work I
have created related to the community helpers. The teachers can also use the
material I have created in their own classrooms. The badge page also allows my
future employers to see the work I have created. The page has a direct link to
all the badges I have completed. The first page under the more section on my
website is the all about me. This page is just a brief all about me, so that
people looking at my website will know who I am. The following page is my blog
page. The blog page is where I post blogs about different things I have done.
The blog post typically relate to the different badges I have created. On my
blog I also have a contact me page. This page is used if anyone needs to get
ahold of me. I have included my email as the best way to get ahold of me. The
final section of my website is the case studies I have completed in class. Each
case study has a page and a link to the lesson plan I created. The page for
each case also includes a brief description of the case and what the lesson
plan is all about. All of the above is the overview of my website.
While completing the website I used the
ISTE standards. I used the first standard that is Facilitate and inspire
student learning and creativity. I used this standard because when creating my
website the main goal of the lesson plans and activities about community
helpers was to inspire the students to learn. I had to create things for the
teachers to inspire them to in turn inspire their students to learn about
community helpers. My website had to be inspiring to the teachers in order to
inspire them to teach. If I didn’t use this standard then no one would be
inspired to teach the students all about community helpers. The next standard I
used was standard 2, Design and develop digital age learning experiences and
assessments. When creating this website it was important to develop digital age
learning for the students because in this day in age so many people are focused
on digital things. When creating the website I focused on creating things that are
online in order to keep the students engaged. On my website I posted digital
videos for students to watch and in the lesson plans I attached on line games
and activities to keep the students involved. The next standard I used when
making my website was standard 3, Model digital age work and learning. I used
this standard in my website to create digital age work. I thought this would be
helpful because teachers could use the work I created in their classrooms or
use the work I created to model to create their own digital age work. The next
standard I used when creating my website was standard 5, engage in professional
growth and leadership. I used this standard while creating my whole website. I
felt like this standard was important because while creating the website it was
important to keep it professional. While working on keeping the website
professional it helped me grow professionally. I used this standard the most.
While creating the website it was also important to keep a professional manner
because I would be sharing it with other teachers. When sharing my work with
other teachers this helps me grow professionally. When creating this website it
was important to include the ISTE standards.
I
learned a lot through developing this website. I learned that it’s not that
hard to create an informational website. I also learned when creating a website
for educational purposes you must include the ISTE standards. It is important
to include these standards because when we become teachers we must use these
standards when teaching. I also learned that it is important to make your
website easy to move through. It is also important to not make your website
have so many colors and to many words. I learned a lot about building a website
through this experience. I really think this was helpful because I wasn’t sure
how to build a website or what to include before making this website. I learned
how to do all the little tricks behind a website. I learned how to make buttons
and link websites and videos into the website. This was a great activity and I
learned a lot about website from this activity.
This
website can be integrated in to teaching and learning experiences in many
different ways. This website can be integrated into teaching by taking the
various things I made related to community helpers and include it in your
lesson plans. This would be a great way to get the students involved in
learning about community helpers. Another way you can include this website in
to teaching is by allowing the students to get on the website and explore what
the website had to offer. This would be a good way to include the website
because the students could click on what they wanted to learn about and the
learning would be on their own time and level. They could learn and understand
at their own pace. This would create a different learning experience for the
student because the students are not use to learning at their own pace. They
are used to learning at the same speed as everyone else. Allowing students to
look through the website on their own would be good for teaching them that they
can learn in many different ways and teaching is done in many different ways as
well, and sometimes it’s fun.
I
think my website has a lot of positive things about it but nothing is ever
perfect. I feel like one thing I could do to make my website better would be to
make it for teachers’ and students. I feel like this would be useful for
teachers because they could let the student explore the website and still learn
at the same time. I feel like my website could also use more. I think it looks
good but I feel like you can never have too much information. I feel like I
could also add more pictures to the website. I feel like this would be helpful
because the website is geared toward teachers teaching students at the
kindergarten level, and at the kindergarten level teachers use lots and lots of
pictures. I also feel like I could add more material created by me. I feel like
I could never add to much material. If I add a lot of material it will give the
teachers options on what they would like to include in their classroom. I feel
like my website could also use some sample lesson plans. I feel by adding this
it would be helpful to the teachers because they would then have something to
model off of for their own lesson plan. Over all I feel like my website is very
good. I feel like these few things could only enhance my website more, and make
it better for learning and inspiring.
The
weebly I created is a very important tool. It has taught me all about creating
a professional website and materials that other teachers can use for teaching
about community helpers. It has also taught me that as a teacher creating
materials and sharing them with other teachers is a very helpful tool. I hope
that my website is helpful to other teachers and I hope to continue making it
better so that someday I can use the materials I created in my own classroom
along with showing my future employers the work that I can complete, and that
it is at a good quality for the students. I also hope that my website is used
to better the education of students on community helpers.