Blog Post #6

I went to my old Middle School page, there wasn't really any class pages on the school website. The information that I did see was more directly toward giving the parents and students information on the staff and on the teams each grade has. There were also different links that you could go to. For instance, the link that states Dress Code. If you click on the link you could see the dress code requirements. The students were in grade levels 6th-8th grade.

I envision myself using technology to accomplish my professional responsibility more efficiently and effectively by keeping the parents aware of what's going on in the classroom. Teachers today only send out letters for their child's parents to read once they get home, but that's not enough. I plan to use technology to send out weekly newsletters to keep the parents aware of what's going on inside the classroom, and what the children should be doing outside of the classroom as well. The more you keep a parent aware, the better the child will perform. 

On thing in the classroom that I experienced was the iPad playing the states/capitals game. It was very entertaining and very refreshing. I can use that in the classroom for different centers. This day of age, children love technology and they tend to learn faster while playing a game. Therefore, I could have the classroom set up in centers and have the iPad's available. In each center there will be a different game that goes along with that center that they can play with.