Teacher Sites

There are a plethora of teacher-created websites designed for their students and a particular course. Here are two that stand out.

Miss Renee’s Kindergarten Pad

This website is designed for Miss Renee’s kindergarten class in North Brunswick, NJ. The site gives a lot of useful information to parents about the class, such as the schedule and pictures from the class, but makes it kid friendly by putting links on to help and entertain the students.

Date Visited: April 19

http://lilteacher.com/

Commendations:

1. Very colorful and lots to look at!

2. Useful information can be found on the main page, don’t have to figure out which link to use to find it.

3. Helps the parents know what is going on with their children while they are at school everyday by giving pictures of activities.

Recommendations:

1. Take away all of the links at the bottom.

2. Get rid of the “blinkies”; they don’t add any information and actually distract you from the real information.

3. Put links in a list, maybe even alphabetize them; this makes it easier to find what you are looking for.

Mrs. Phillip’s 7^th grade Health Class

This professional looking website is for a middle school health class in Harmony, Pennsylvania at Seneca Valley Middle School. Besides allowing students to see their grades, giving links for assignments, and offering a joke of the day, information such as the weather, time, and date are available. Good health, such as lifestyles and eating habits, seem to be the focus.

Date Visited: April 19

http://206.180.99.10/%7Ephillipsj/index.htm

Commendations:

1. Links are given for assignments, which mean students need to visit this site for that information.

2. Students can check on their grades in this class.

3. Layout is clear and all information is easy to find because of the labels/titles given.

Recommendations:

1. Some information does not go along with the subject, such as “Today in History.”

2. Links to different area schools doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the website (i.e. why would someone need this link?)

3. Not really a bad thing, but there is almost too much information!