It took me quite some time to find a school with teacher websites. In my county, that was unheard of; I only had one teacher who had a private website, and I loved it. I ended up on Leon County High School’s website; each teacher had their own, personal website. I randomly clicked on Patrick Pratt’s website, who just happened to teach English I Honors (the class I hope to one day teach)! English I Honors is normally taken by freshman and sophomores; I’m assuming his students are in either 9th or 10th grade. The home page of his website included a welcome message, which informed visitors of his goals as a teacher, along with a basic overview of his curriculum. Another tab, titled “Meet the Teacher,” included a summary of Mr. Pratt’s passions, along with his contact information. Other tabs his website included were “Student Resources,” “English I/English I Honors Remind Account” (which is awesome), “Assignments,” “Important Documents,” and “Class Calendar.” Those tabs came up blank; I’m assuming you need a login to access the information that contain (which I obviously don’t have). Overall, I thought it was awesome that each teacher was required to have a website. This makes it so simple for students to have access to resources that will allow them to be successful. I’d be curious to see what the website looks like to parents and students, but I was still impressed without having a login.
Technology makes our professional responsibilities much easier to complete. I plan on using technology in the future to help eliminate the amount of paper used in my classroom. This isn’t just for environmental purposes, but mainly because it’ll eliminate the chances of student assignments getting lost or plagiarized. When I’m officially an educator, I plan on creating a Google Classroom. This will make easy for my students to keep up with their assignments, communicate with me, interact with other students, and have access to necessary resources. Having access to this website will not only allow the students to work efficiently, it’ll also assist my classroom with running smoothly and effectively.
My visit to the Technology Sandbox was very interesting! It gave me a whole new outlook about using technology in the classroom. I was truly fascinated by using VR-headsets for educational purposes. They had multiple different interactive applications that would be played on the headsets, which I was intrigued by. They had the story of Anne Frank, which would allow viewers to explore her annex and see where her entire family stayed hidden. As a future English teacher, I thought that was amazing! I would love for my future students to be able to connect her story with an interactive visual. I also was impressed with the 3-D Printers, but I’m not positive how they could be utilized in a high school English classroom. I did find the newer SmartBoards by Microsoft to be impressive. I have a feeling that they’ll eventually become standard in all classrooms. These devices were nice because they’re basically big computer monitors, meaning I’d be able to project my computer to my students!
Link to teacher’s website: https://www.leonschools.net/Page/22079
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