June 17 - 23
This week we had to create a classroom website. For the most part I enjoyed this assignment because it is something that I can use in my future classroom with just a few tweaks. I however did not enjoy adding the widgets or the creative cursor to my website. I feel that the widgets kind of take away from the important parts of the website. I tried to pick ones that would be the most relevant to the classroom but some of the widgets I wanted to use didn't work. I think that if I was to use this site with my actual classroom that I hope to obtain in the fall that I will eliminate the most of the widgets except the countdown. I also struggled with trying to add a cursor to my website. I could not get any of the ones from the website that was supplied to us to work so I searched for other ones. Again, I don't think that the cursors are anything special but instead are an again an unnecessary addition to the site. Mind you these are simply my opinions about the task that we were asked to complete. If I was to use this site for a real classroom I think I would try and make it so it is password protected so that I could add pictures of students completing projects or activities that I might assign in my classroom. I don't feel comfortable adding pictures of real students on the website for the whole wide world to see. Here is the link to my website: http://msdcampbellsclass.weebly.com/ I hope that you all enjoyed looking at it!
I think that this website is very interesting and helpful to teachers. I hope that you enjoy!
http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/
I din't enjoy adding the widgets either. I had a hard time finding ones that worked and once I did find some, I didn't like the way they made my site look. I think they clutter up the sites too much and look sloppy. While a search bar is fine, I don't think I will keep them all on my site once class is done.
ReplyDeleteI liked the concept of the Widgets (like weather, countdown) but I didn't like the look of them...and the added advertisement make it seem cluttered like you said. I also had trouble with the cursor, and then I learned from Ms. Morgan about the issues with Chrome. Plus, the cursor that have icons annoy me personally lol :) I also agree if I would use it I would have to have a password. I also don't feel comfortable with pictures of my kids being online or too much information, but I will more than likely be taking down all my sites after the class.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you ladies. I am probably going to go through my site as well and delete many of the widgets that we had to add. I think I will keep the countdown but that is about all. I hate the unnecessary clutter that the widgets add (especially the ads). I cursor icons annoy me as well and I had trouble trying to add one to my site. I had to search for a different website to find a cursor that actually worked because the link she supplied didn't seem to work.
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