Week #7 548 Journal

Where I Went/What I Did:

     This week I spent the majority of my time completing my website.  I had to make final changes and decisions.  Here it is the last week to work on it and I still find myself making changes.  Which I think is a good thing because I want it to be the best work I can offer.  So that means changing and moving things around up until the last minute.   After spending the last few weeks on this website I have decided that this is something that I want to keep up and running after this class if over.  This website will be a great communication tool between me and my parents.

What I Learned:

     This week I learned about the site LiveBinders.  Last year I attended a Singapore Math Conference and during the conference the speaker gave us the link to her livebinders account which had all the resources she used during the presentation. She also had other resources saved here as well.  This was the first time that I had every heard of this site.  When I got back to school I visited her binders and was amazed of all the information she had saved there.  To be honest I did look much farther into this site after that.  So when we had to use it this week I begin playing on it again.  It took me a few times of playing around on it to figure out how to post my screen shot to the class binder.  However, I did figure it out.  This site is great especially for teachers!  It is wonderful because you can organize all your materials and resources in one place.  This is something that I want to use to help organize my own things.

What I Decided About My Website:

     Like I mentioned before I had to make my final decisions on my website this week.  After receiving feedback on my site I went to changing and fixing the things that needed it.  One of the first things I did was to upload resources to my parent page.  I want this to be a place my parents can go to get important information about things in my classroom.  After I worked on this page I went to work on my class photos page. I had one picture that was loading slower than the rest even though it was the same size as the rest.  So I decided to change some of pictures so that they all would load at the same time.  The last thing I worked on this week was my homepage.  I added a picture of my family and some contact information to the top of the page.  Since my homepage is the first page visitors will see I wanted it be a place with reminders on it. I also liked the idea of having student birthdays posted here as well.

My Plans for the Week:

     This week I am going to continue and finish my website.  If time allows me I want to work on creating my own binder on the LiveBinders website.  I have so many resources that I use in my classroom that I think this will help me be more organized.