My experience with Google Sites: http://sites.google.com/site/bhannagroup/
First I was happy to know that I don’t have to know HTML in order to have my website and that Google and other sites now made it easy for anyone to have his website. It is not only easy but also free. I followed the instruction of the website and the Help to add or remove data and pages from my website. But my understanding for the purpose of having website was not clear, so I had maybe only little about me and I concentrated on presenting lessons to my students to demonstrate my ability to apply what I have learned in class 563 because it was only in that class that these website was introduced to me. In previous classes I learned to use publisher but I knew that in order to use it as a website, it is not free, so it stopped at that point. In Short, I used Google site for my webpholio because it is easy and free.
First I was happy to know that I don’t have to know HTML in order to have my website and that Google and other sites now made it easy for anyone to have his website. It is not only easy but also free. I followed the instruction of the website and the Help to add or remove data and pages from my website. But my understanding for the purpose of having website was not clear, so I had maybe only little about me and I concentrated on presenting lessons to my students to demonstrate my ability to apply what I have learned in class 563 because it was only in that class that these website was introduced to me. In previous classes I learned to use publisher but I knew that in order to use it as a website, it is not free, so it stopped at that point. In Short, I used Google site for my webpholio because it is easy and free.
This is the course I am introducing to my students now in DLIBy the end of this course I plan to have these artifacts in my portfolio and I will use this list as a starting point for ideas for information and items to include in your portfolio:
- Table of contents
- Resume, including continuing education, special committee work and awards and special recognition
- References
- Letters of recommendation
- Transcripts
- Educational philosophy
- Classroom management theory
- Personal goals
- Sample worksheets, games and tests
- Examples of lessons - units or projects
- Photos of your classroom in action to illustrate your lesson examples
- Examples of students' work
- Final results of projects or committees you have been a part of
- Optional: short video showing you in action in front of the classroom and one-on-one with students
- Optional: screen shots and addresses of school or classroom websites you have created
- Optional: computer disks and print-outs of programs you have written or modified
I might also try a new free website richer in options than I one I used.
In the end, I will difinitly add to my portfolio the reflection I should add to any of the material I use and the justification of using them according to the 8 standered.
