web based tools. cool.

When researching web-based tools that i may be able to use in my classroom, i found a lot of websites that encourage having a class webpage. I think that having class websites is a really good idea. I rely on blackboard for a lot of my college courses and think that it could be very beneficial to high school students as well. I think that its a good idea because most students today are very technologically inclined and will be able to use the website with ease. Teachers will be able to contact parents through these websites, too. Students can email other students in the class to get missed homework assignments if they are absent.

I also think it is a good idea to have a class website such as blackboard so that students will be able to keep track of their grades. There is no wondering what your grade is with these types of websites. If the teachers keep up with it, the students will be able to log in anytime to see their averages and will be able to see exactly what they are missing and what they need to do to improve their grade. If the students are able to look up their grades online, the teachers wont have to waste in-class time calling each student to his/her desk to tell them their grade and what they are missing. I think these websites are very efficient.

I think that one web-based tool that can be used to help teachers is a jeopardy game maker. I don't remember what its called, but we watched a video about it once. You can put in your own questions and point values for whatever subject you are studying and the program turns it into a game of jeopardy. I think this program is really cool because its easy and fun. All students like to play games and i find the subjects that i did the best in were subjects that we played games in. It turns it into a competition and makes learning the material much more fun.