Sunday, February 13, 2011
Week 4
The main benefit of posting and embedding a presentation like this is accessibility. By doing this, students and parents alike have access to the presentation and can view the information from any computer or any other internet capable device for that matter. With everyone's busy lives these days, convenience is always a top priority and if I maintain a blog and/or a teacher web page I am helping my students and their parents in the area of convenience. It would be an easy way for them to quickly get all the information they need regarding my class.
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I agree that accessibility is a big draw for using this embedding technique. I can see how people would tend to look at your work if it is easy to play and quick to watch as opposed to having to search for another link and wait for a new program to open, etc.
ReplyDeleteI too agree that accessibility is a big deal. When I've gone to After School Nights I've always been struck by how many parents don't come. Since my son has been in the same school district his whole life, I have come to know who the parents are of many of his classmates. It always seems to me that many of the parents that are not there are also the parents of the children with the most problems. While it's possible that their children reflect the parents' disregard for school, I think it equally likely that the schools have not provided adequately for the parents' need for access. It would be interesting to know if any studies have been made of whether and who looks at this kind of information on teacher websites.
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