Thing #15 (a.k.a thing 8)

The fist site I chose to explore was the primary math link. When I clicked on this link I thought the site was very welcoming and friendly. The main site had activities that were being shared by teachers around the world. At the bottom of the site it had the links to the teachers who were members. I explored one of the other links which was Kathy Cassidy's blog. I thought this blog was very well done. She had her students video-recording each other. The recordings were linked to the site through you-tube. She also had a link on there which allowed you to ask the class questions if they were close by. I would love to learn how to do that. I would not change anything about this site.

The next site I chose to explore was called school's then. I did not really enjoy this site. The site was only one page and I thought was very wordy. It was created by a first grade class, so I expected it to be in more kid friendly terms. I also thought that there were a lot of examples of school now, and very little of school then. Which the site did not mention, what they considered schools then to be. I would have liked to have seen this be kid friendly and have more about schools in the past.

The third space I chose to explore was Salute to Seuss. I thought this site was very user friendly. I liked how it had a page for each topic. You could click on the side and select what you wanted. That way you did not have to go through all the information to get what you wanted. This site gave good examples of things to do with the class. It also had a student gallery to view. I loved it, I think it is well done.

I think a wiki has many uses in a classroom. I think you could create a class wiki to keep parents up to date and allow them to interact with you and other parents. I also think you could create a wiki as a grade level to share information. The wiki could also be used in the classroom for students to share information.