Assignment #4- Part 2

My website link: Living History

Reflection:
This was both very addicting and frustrating! Once I started I wanted to make everything perfect and would take a sufficient amount of time on each page of my website, but after a while I had to come to the realization that not everything is going to be perfect and that I can always go back and work on it after this class. I really wanted to provide as many tools for my future students as I could. This includes a calendar, class wiki, forum, history resources, and important documents. I did run into some trouble however in creating the web page and still have not figured out how to do it. I wanted to put a media player on my "Everything History" page that had a couple songs from each decade in the 1900's, but after spending two hours trying to figure it out, I gave up. In addition I wanted to upload some word documents to my web page that I have don't in previous classes, but couldn't. I am sure sooner or later I will figure it out. I will say that I am a lot more comfortable with the web page creation process and am excited to learn more about it. I can truly say that I am proud of what I have accomplished thus far and hopefully I only get better at it. Even though this was very time consuming it was worth it!

List of the features of the technology that you learned and used:

Wiki: set up an account for wiki and created a page for my students to use for presentation sign ups! This was fairly simple.

Google Calendar: set up a google account in order to create a personalized calendar for my class and learned how to embed it onto my website.

Links: became more familiar and comfortable in creating links that I used for my "Everything History" page.

Forum: this was pretty simple because it was a part of free webs, however I learned how to add categories for my students to respond to.

Spell Flikr: I added "one voice" to my homepage.

Overall I learned a lot about the URL and embedding process. Even though I didn't figure out how to add a music widget to my page, I learned a lot through the process and I WILL FIGURE IT OUT!

NETS students:

1. Creative and Innovation- this is a creative website that encourages the generation of ideas, photos, videos, and thoughts.
2. Communication and Collaboration- the class forum is a tool that opens communication for students and parents.
3. Research and Information Fluency- there are multiple research links that relate to history and culture.
4. Digital Citizenship- stated clearly on the website to not abuse the right of free speech and to be respect. Only appropriate material should be shared.
5. Technology Operations and Concepts- through the interacting on this website, student will learn and become more comfortable with the technology systems.

NETS teachers:
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity- requires students to show their learning through photos, videos, research, and words all using technology.
2.Model Digital-Age Work and Learning - creating a website is proof and does demonstrate some knowledge in technology.
3.Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility- I clearly state on the home page that inappropriate behavior or abuse of the freedoms on this web page will not be tolerated. The emphasis is to provide a healthy learning environment.
4.Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership- after creating this website, I am very eager to keep learning about technology and to make it a priority in my classroom.