As part of my reflection on my teaching, I have thought a lot about the maintenance of this website. I have long left this as one of the last things on my list of things to do, and felt like I was not doing it justice in the process. Despite my reflection, I have not carved out the time to do this. Recently, I have realized that this is a job that would be perfect for my students! I have selected a student to create a new website altogether, and we have talked about the features we think would be most useful for anyone coming to find out what is happening in our eighth grade. Some of the elements we talked about was having separate pages for class trip fundraising announcements, general academic announcements that include homework and project due dates, and pages that will showcase student work. It also opens the potential for students to be creative with additions they would like to see or try. I am really excited about this for many reasons, but the two biggest are that you will be better informed about what we are doing, and the students will have the opportunity to put their talents and technology to use in a "real world" way. I think we will all find that it is a win-win situation! I hope the new website will be up and running next week. When it is, I will email all of the eighth grade parents a link to it.
Thanks for being patient, and I hope you will find the new website useful, informative, and enjoyable!
Ms. Johnson
Thanks for being patient, and I hope you will find the new website useful, informative, and enjoyable!
Ms. Johnson