I created the website on Web Poster Wizard. I think this website could be a great tool for teachers. It's free to use and quite simple. You can easily create your own websites complete with links and pictures. Then students can upload their work to the website to share with you and the class.
This would work well as a guide for group or individual projects that need to be done outside of class time. For teachers working in schools where Blackboard or other web-based class communication systems are not available, this website is also a great way for teachers to make a list of web resources for practice and self-study available to students.
"Web Poster Wizard" is a great website providing useful tools for lesson planning and online projects.
ReplyDeleteI know another website which works as online Blackboard, that is http://moodle.org/. It is very similar to our UT BlackBoard.
The website you linked to is adorable! I wish I had had access to more school computers in Japan - creating websites would have been a fantastic activity for my middle school students. Did your students seem to really like it?
ReplyDeleteThey did! They loved getting to surf the internet instead of regular class. :) The one thing I would have done differently was give specific, easily answerable questions about the topics for each group to guide them in their research, as the topics were a bit broad and open-ended. But their final products were so fun- colorful and personalized and full of information.
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