I googled “school website class page” and chose one of the first few links that brought me to Stevenson School’s online site. It is a PK-8 school. On this school’s website there are sub-sections for parents and students. The parent section includes an FAQ link, forms, schedules, emergency procedures, grades, payment methods, parent-teacher conference scheduling, and many other sources of information a parent would like to access for/about their child. The student section includes a link to the bookstore, class login, grades, the school newspaper, school policies, and activities. Many of these categories overlap between the student and parent sections because they are valuable for both.
In my own classroom I will use technology to make all tasks more efficient. Contacting parents will be much easier using email than sending physical newsletters and notes home with the students. Communication with parents is key to keeping students on top of assignments and homework. I will also have a class website/blog to keep my students updated on upcoming assignments, current lessons and slides, and homework help links. The students will be able to communicate with each other and with me about all things class related, and it will of course be monitored for inappropriate content by myself.
I think this assignment is really useful for any person, not just educators. Resource evaluation is necessary for all topics because it is important to know if your source is credible and accurate before you rely on its information as true. I liked that we were able to create our own categories, but the ones listed in your example were all critical to evaluations. In order to teach something to your students you must make sure it is fully credible, accurate, and current so you do not give them false information. Next time I would be a little more specific in each question asked, and make sure I included a couple more questions per category.
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