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Blog Journal 8

I learned many new skills from creating a website for my future classroom. I enjoyed making a google calendar, which is something that I had never done before and found it to be something I can be using now! I really liked that I could make different pages for the various types of information I needed to include and found web design much easier than I had anticipated. I wasn't a fan that there wasn't a 'blank' design option, everything came with a template and all the features were not available to use through certain features which made the assignment a tad more difficult in terms of making the site as aesthetically appealing as I would have liked. Overall I was extremely please with how my site turned out and can't wait to make another web design in the near future! My website

Before taking educational technology, I had never heard of Diigo, so I was unsure what to expect and how to use the site. Since using the website, I have found it easy to navigate and easily accessible. In my future classroom, I believe that this website can be helpful in sharing resources with students and could also be used for students to write discussion posts about articles on. Professionally, Diigo is a great way for teachers to be able to share different educational tools and tips with each other, by utilizing the tags feature.  For using a group project Diigo can be a wonderful way to share different sources that might need to be compiled for a paper or presentation, where the teacher can see what each group member contributed.

Technology is a large part of helping teachers advance in professional development. Sending emails, attending webinars, workshops, and seminars, the list is endless. Teachers are always learning new things in the realm of technology and many times are the first group of people to work with the newest, most popular technology. Teachers have a difficult task of always staying up to date on what is current with technology and tryin got incorporate it into their classroom for the benefit of their students. Professional development within the field of teaching is harder than other professions, in my opinion, because of how ever changing it is and the high standard that is put on teachers to always be in the know of what is new. 
I found this website that has a multitude of different articles, that are updated daily, all about education which many being about technology. This could be a great website would be a great resource for teachers to big new and exciting things for their classroom in technology.

Comments

  1. Hannah PNovember 7, 2021 at 6:44 PM

    Hi Haley! I feel the same way about making a Google calendar, I never used one until making one for my class website, but plan to use it for keeping track of real events in the future.

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  2. Linh HoangNovember 12, 2021 at 8:57 AM

    Hi Haley! Your website looks wonderful! You follow the design principles perfectly. You include contrast in the colors of the background and the words (dark-light, black-white, etc.). The pictures are evenly spaced throughout the page (proximity). You have good control over the alignment--the borders and margins are consistent. And you use the same font for the smaller letters (not captions or titles) as well as bullet points for the vocabulary part, which adhere to repetition.

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  3. Catherine (Catey)November 12, 2021 at 11:10 PM

    Hey Haley! I love the theme of your website, I really like that you went with science and chose outer space it looks super cool. Everything on the site is so neat and easy to access, super good job :)

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  4. AnneliseNovember 14, 2021 at 8:08 AM

    Hey Haley! I think your website does a great job of following all the design principles. It is easy to navigate and fun to look at! I like how you added the star students section, so creative!

    Annelise

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  5. Tia WilliamsNovember 14, 2021 at 8:21 PM

    Hey Haley! I loved your website it was very on-brand with the science theme and everything was well thought out and placed! I love the idea of students of the month and the vocabulary games.

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