Teacher Web Critiques

I found most features of Teacher Web extremely helpful! First and foremost, it is a great website that allows all students to stay informed on what is going on in the classroom. Online it provides easy access to homework, handouts, a calendar, and much more. Secondly, this website provides students with a grade update. Looking back to elementary school, my parents always found it important to know what my grades were on a monthly, if not weekly, basis. With this website, checking students grades is so much easier and easily accessible. Lastly, this website would be beneficial because it is a safe way to provide learning links outside of the “safe” classroom website. With guided direction, students are able to find informational websites rather than smack. With a brief introduction, I am positive that students will be able to master this website and use it as a helpful tool throughout the year.

I feel that the top two ways that students could use a class website to enhance their learning is by the calendar of events, and assignment instructions. A calendar of events is important because it allows the students to keep updated and know what is due, and when it is due. This allows students to keep track of dates on their own, with extra reminders from the teacher. Also, assignment instructions are important on a class web site because you can provide an example, and overly-descriptive instructions to guide your students through an assignment. I always felt that I didn’t have enough information on projects when I was younger, and a class website would be the perfect place to provide more of it.

I feel that the two strongest features within the Teacher Web system were the Quiz page and the Student Grades page. I feel that the Quiz page was one of the strongest because this allows students to study what is going to be on an actual quiz and gives them practice. It also helps me as a teacher find out where the students were before they studied or took the actual quiz. I feel that the Student’s Grades page was also a very strong feature because it allows students to always be updated on the grade book. It is helpful to be able to log on and see your progress.