Blog Post 6

        The school web pages that I checked out mostly included the same information. The school home page contained information on school wide events such as midterms, homecoming, athletic events, etc. The homepages also included links to school board sites, county information, and national links. Individual teacher sites contained calendars for homework, tests, and assignments that were specific to that class. Teachers also provided links to extra sources that would help their students with certain topics in that class. The school that I used was Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County, Florida - my former high school.

       Technology is a crucial aspect in both my personal and (future) professional life. Technology makes easy, every day tasks even easier. Whether it's using Google to research a paper or simply look up movie times, technology makes life more efficient. Technology in the classroom is crucial for both research, but also for printing homework and tests. Microsoft Word makes creating assignments easier than if they were being created by hand. Chapter 7 also discussed electronic spreadsheets being a great tool for teachers to use in the classroom because it made tasks like charting and creating spreadsheets even better.

       The Web Resource Evaluation assignment helped me look at webpages with a new eye and a new appreciation. I go on websites every single day but I've never truly stopped to think about the authority or creation of these sites. This assignment helped me to realize that not all websites are created equally, some may be pretty but are not accurate and some may be accurate but are not pretty. Users need to find sites that appeal both aesthetically and factually. I thought that this assignment was a little more difficult to understand, just because the instructions were a little vague, which caused me to read through them many, many times. The website PBworks was also new to me so it took me a little time to truly learn how to utilize it.