Reading one of my textbooks, “Multimedia for the web revealed” got me to thinking just how much of an advertising whiz you need to be. No matter the type of website you are creating it is a must to know your audience. As an educator, my audience is diverse to say the least therefore I realize that I need to keep it as generic as possible. (With plenty of classroom information) The struggle I have to overcome with web design is one that I struggle with quite a few of my technology issues; it’s not in the home, therefore the parents don’t see a need to have it in the classroom.
As I have stated before my classroom houses one computer for me to take attendance and that is about it. Any additional projects that I would like for my students to be exposed to have to either come out of my pocket or usage of the library eight computers. (which I can only have 3 to 4 days out of the month) Nevertheless, I do what I can with what I have; so designing a website for my classroom looks as generic as my classroom in my opinion due to the fact that too much sophistication would exclude the parents. Being that the majority of them don’t even have an e-mail address or computers at home. Therefore my classroom website is an online newsletters that I expose my students and parents to when they come for open house. The reaction to the site has been met with quite a few oooh’s and aaah’s and a shameless plug from me to ‘suggest’ to the parents to start following it so that they can keep up with classroom expectations. Although the response is not as overwhelming as I would have liked for it to be, at least the seed has been planted. I just keep hoping that eventually the technology fairy godmother is going to come and bless my classroom with awesome gifts.
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