I jumped ahead a little. I found that over winter break that parents were e-mailing me about the rest of the quarter and what we would be doing. I guess there were some that are going to the inauguration or vacationing or whatever but wanted to have a run down on what their student was going to miss. That's were the web site comes in handy. I put what we would be doing everyday until the end of this quarter on there along with the answers to their problem sets etc...
There is also a link to their on-line text so if they don't have a text with them they can go on-line for what they need. Also, I've found that having their homework sheets and such on-line allows me to no have to go run off so many extras for when they forget them or lose them, I just tell them to go print one when they get home. No excuses now when they say they forgot to bring it home for the weekend.
I know one of the things that was mentioned in Thing 23 was to make a link so you all could check out the site if you wanted, but its got some things on there that need to have a little security so the site is password protected. Using the districts site and COSMOs does not allow for any great site building so your not missing much. I can give you the password in class if you really want to see it.
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I am so impressed that you can post material for a whole quarter that way. It would be so great to be able to do that. My content material does not lend itself to that, but it would be sure nice if it did. I will need to have a look at how you do it--maybe I can learn to work smarter too!
This is an excellent example of using your teacher homepage. I know Cosmos isn't exactly easy to use, so kudos for keeping your page up-to-date.
Also, the online textbook is a good example of how online things CAN make life easier for a teacher -- and teach students some accountability for their own learning.
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