Journal 6

     On the Julington Creek Elementary school website they have a home page for all of second grade, then all the teachers have links to their individual websites on the bottom of the page. On the home page they show upcoming events and field trips. They also give a supply list and different websites for students to use to help study. On a teacher's personal page, she posted upcoming events for her class and helpful homework links. She also has different pages for subject based learning for students. She has a newsletter and gives the class schedule. She also gives parents their own page to check out. She has multiple opportunities for parents to come and be involved in her classroom. She gives parents a lot of information so they are fully aware of what type of classroom their child is in daily. Here is a link to Ms. Adams awesome website! https://teachers.stjohns.k12.fl.us/adams-a/
     When I'm a teacher I plan on using my website a lot. I will use my website to post lesson plans for the parent's to help keep them informed on what is going on in the classroom on a weekly basis. I will also set up a calendar on my website. I will post all test/quiz dates, any important events coming up, and when projects are due. This will hopefully help students plan their weeks and schedules accordingly knowing what they have on the weeks ahead. I will also post daily/weekly schedules on my website to inform parents what the kids do daily so parents are aware. I will mainly use my website to help keep parent's involved in the classroom.

     The 3D printer was very interesting. I always thought that you would use that for medical purposes, but it can be used very effectively in teaching. It could helps students learn visually and give them something to hold and feel to help sensor they're learning. It gives a model of an object right in front of them. For example, if an anatomy student was learning the brain they could print a 3D model of it to really visualize and learn from a hands on perspective, not just flat out of a book. They can see and feel the whole thing all at once and put pieces together in their minds by seeing the object as a whole. Also, this could be used for visual disability students. They can print objects with brail like a periodic table so those students can learn. This would make teaching and learning easier for both the teacher and student. It would take forever to order or find a brail periodic table, but the 3D printer could make multiple in short amounts of time. Below is an example the 3D printer made of a rubber duck.