tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post5756461223035981217..comments2023-12-27T08:21:12.164-05:00Comments on In Touch: If You Build It....eherreidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979614420434719617noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-30568387421212132362010-05-19T08:30:43.499-04:002010-05-19T08:30:43.499-04:00Excellent point. What we often fail to realize is...Excellent point. What we often fail to realize is that our students are out there, searching, creating, looking, socializing and connecting. By saying to them, "hey, here's our stuff too. Look at it if you want to," you are inviting them into a conversation about learning that is happening on their terms. Websites are just the tip of that iceberg. <br /><br />On a side note, we just migrated from schoolwires to an open source provider last year. The package is great, but we don't have a full-time developer, so the look is not refined yet. However, our teachers were happy to be done with schoolwires.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156784418545421424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-81660915849819410242010-05-18T07:42:42.827-04:002010-05-18T07:42:42.827-04:00Great points about the ability to reach out to lar...Great points about the ability to reach out to larger audience. <br />Thank you for the comments and affirmation.Emoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759157281770198847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-63149566102939358182010-05-17T20:36:01.983-04:002010-05-17T20:36:01.983-04:00Website are a useful tool for communication with n...Website are a useful tool for communication with not just parents, but grandparents and a larger educational community. I post helpful ideas on my page and parents of students in other classrooms and schools have used them. It is also a great way for relatives that don't live close by to feel a part of the child's lives and keeps them updated! Not to mention divorced parents who may not live in the same town. If we don't build it, someone else will! I am willing to spend hours at home on my page if it inspires or helps just one other person!barbkiblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12665454019493383054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292763752103517897.post-61444591107952066132010-05-17T16:17:11.118-04:002010-05-17T16:17:11.118-04:00I totally agree. I see dozens of people daily at ...I totally agree. I see dozens of people daily at the public library just to check their student's grades. My district has a 1:1 for middle and high school, and I see kids sitting outside in the parking lots using the Wi-Fi from the school system. We built it and they came.Suzanne Whitlowhttp://etechplace.org/whitlownoreply@blogger.com