Blog Post #6

       The school's website I visited was my old K-8 school, Bay Haven Charter Academy. When you first log onto the site there is a slide show of pictures and five different tabs; One for applying,teachers,students, parents, and staff. All five tabs can be clicked and are visible to the public. They have a list of the different grade levels available to the public as well as the teachers associated with that grade,the grades range any where from Kindergarten to 8th grade. The site also shows the different programs offered at Bay Haven such as clubs and activities, curriculum, athletics, grade levels, food services, administration, and Pre-school.The class pages show the contact information for the teachers of which ever class grade you choose.

http://k8.bayhaven.org/

       Communication will be made so much easier through the use of technology. Communicating is the one thing I can envision myself being pretty good at when trying to accomplish my professional responsibilities. When I become a teacher, email will be the best thing since sliced bread. I say this because communication is key when it comes to accomplishing responsibilities, especially those in teaching. Teaching is about good communication, using features such as email will allow communication at any time and place making it easier for efficient communication between the teacher, the student, and other employees. Other ways to communicate with students,parents,and staff is the use of a blog. A blog allows people to read and comment on what you are posting. Blogs are a great way to share information to other teachers and students whether it be a link to a website or ideas for a lesson plan. Blogs are also super fun and can be created any way you like! Creating colorful and fun pages is a good way to entice your students into reading and interacting with other students. You can also create a very professional looking blog so that you colleagues will respond to your posts seriously and with much thought.  

       A lot of the technologies found in the sandbox can be considered very useful in the class room, but the one that I could envision in my own class room would have to be the Oculus Rift. I think students would be amazed at how lifelike virtual reality can feel. It would allow them to receive a better understanding of situations and places if they were able to experience it for themselves.Using the Oculus Rift would make students excited for lessons because they would feel independent and it would be a refreshing change from the normal classroom setting. There are many students who come from low income families who can not afford to go see other parts of the country or world, using the Oculus Rift would give them a little bit of that experience which would give them insight about other landscapes and cultures. Hopefully, in the future, Oculus Rifts will not be so expensive and it will be a common classroom technology.