Blog Post #6

   I think a course website as an educator isn't entirely necessary, but I do think to have one could also provide benefits and be useful in a few ways. If it were mainly geared towards the parents or guardians of the students, then I think it could be important. This way a parent could have 24/7 access to what's coming up in class, what events are coming up, information about material and ways to better prepare your child, and even frequently asked questions and helpful info! I think taking a brief amount of time each week to put forth effort into a website is something that can be very helpful to reach out to students and parents and increase parent-school environment. In our growing technological age, I think this is a necessary tool.
   I think through the use of various technologies I could help improve my students interactive learning and better instill things that students would otherwise find boring or banal subject matter. Through the use of web tools 2.0 teachers now have the opportunity to make presentations very fun and engaging, and this could only be beneficial to topics that are hard to teach to uninterested students. Not only them, but as a teacher technology could teach me a lot in the classroom. I have access to all sorts of databases and information on the web that could expand my knowledge as an educator, and also have access to different types of lesson plans and approaches to teaching that benefit both the students and myself.