An Experience with Multimedia

Excellence & Imagination: all the joy of junior high in one small package

This is an amazing classroom site. Clarence Fisher has surely worked hard to prep his students for thinking critically! I love the design of this class site. It’s very simple, organized, and pleasing to the eye graphically and spatially. The tabs at the top give you plenty of information as a viewer and I’m sure it is even more hands-on and user-friendly for the students. Mr. Fisher does a great job of encouraging and congratulating his students through his feedback on the main page. The links on the side bar have many options. I enjoyed looking through student blogs and class projects – I got lost in the links taking me to podcasts, wikis, and the class Flickr site. The podcast was a great example of students diving into technology. Finally, one of the most resourceful links was to Fisher’s professional blog, which is jam-packed with learning opportunities. Students, no doubt, are engaging in relevant learning within this school blog.


AP Calculus AB (2006/2007): An interactive log for students and parents in my Pre-Cal 20S class. This ongoing dialogue is as rich as YOU make it. Visit often and post your comments freely.
http://apcalc06.blogspot.com/

This school blog was full of great ideas for teaching pedagogy. The downfall was that it seemed a little difficult to navigate. It lacked the typical “About” tab and other tabs that would link readers to more information about the creator and site. Granted, the purpose was for students and not necessarily to educate viewers like myself. With that being said, the homepage was very inviting and you can tell right away that both teacher and students have respect for one another and for the site. A neat feature in this blog is “Answer Tips.” At the top of this blog there are directions that say, “Double click on any word in this blog that is not a link and you might learn something…” and guess what? I did!! So cool! I also was impressed that the teacher posted links for the class to read about themselves and that as a whole they were being linked to and followed for their content production. Even thought I had some troubles figuring out the layout and determining the site’s overall meaning, the sidebar contained great links for students (by students and teacher).