Google Sites 2 Reflection

WHAT:

This last class was full of many tasks to learn and utilize Google in order for us to catch up with the Wednesday classes. Going over Google programs and creating our own Google site is very helpful and I appreciate knowing what more technology is out there for our benefit.

SO WHAT:

I have LOVED and also struggled to complete this assignment. All of the many google programs are so ingenious and I can see the value of using these options in many aspects of my life. When I told my husband about this assignment he smugly reminded me that he had tried to show me Google calendar months ago and the value of sharing calendars with others. (He had set up all birthdays from each side of our families using two separate calendars.) I guess it is true that you have to be told from two different sources until you will consider something to be valuable information!

My daughter is on an accelerated soccer league and they have quite a few practice changes and game locations changing as well. Right after class I went to their website and noticed the soccer schedule was created using Google Calendar and so I clicked on the link to add it to my calendar. It was very exciting to see Thursday's change of game already updated on my calendar without me doing one thing! Thanks to you, Doc Waters!!! (ok and a little bit of thanks to my husband who, technically was the "first" one to introduce me to Google Calendars)

NOW WHAT?

I am very excited to use this idea of a website in my future teaching career. I can easily see how setting up a place where my students and their parents can go to get any needed information is very valuable. I love the idea of having files saved to this site, thus allowing access to these files from any computer. Also, the homework list topics will not only help a student who has missed class, but will help me plan ahead for future lessons and keep on top of things.

I was exercising my spirit of discovery and totally embedded a video to play a song about the sun. You'll have to check it out on my Resources page. I also put a link to the website where to find this video, but the ability to play the video right from my site was so neat! Thanks for the great assignment!