Parmejohnathan

https://spaldinghighfinearts.weebly.com/ This is the Fine Arts weebly page for my high school back home, Spalding High School. On here, you can access pages that talk about upcoming events to watch out for, explore different departments with information to contact the teacher, and even see a full detailed calendar of everything coming up. The page is headed by the Fine Arts chair, Brett Duncan. He uses graphic design to attract the reader and creates a user-friendly interface for both student and parent. This page is for 9-12 high school and specifically for those in the fine arts or interested in the fine arts.  I would like to create something similar. Having one page for various things gives ease of access and limits the amount of searching needed to be done by an individual for information. I would like to see a spot where the separate teachers of the fine arts be able to add content relating to homework or take home materials. During our trip to the Sandbox, I...

playscripts.com Playscripts is an easily accessible website that allows its audience to scroll through plays and musicals, specifically written fro high school, to explore different shows. This site has a tool to narrow down searches and allow the audience member read a large portion of the play. This website also gives educators the options of licensing the show to produce it for the stage. This website is great for students to access and possibly help in the selection process of the show for that year. There is great accuracy in the tool bar and creates a workable interface. https://dramaresource.com/ Drama resource is a large database for accessing multiple things that can add to a drama class in high school. Certain theatre games are made available for use in the classroom. There is also a large collection of lesson plans the choose from for multiple aspects of theatre. This website is originally intended for UK classrooms but can easily be changed for a more adaptable lesson...

Some websites that allow teachers to easily communicate with students and allow them to reach out are great tools for use in the classroom. Designing a wiki page for students to figure out homework sites or for them to download important documents when they lose them are also helpful in expediting classroom  time with having certain questions already answered online. Scribd is a great tools for transporting documents and giving access to large texts of readings to the class. This application can support large documents and creates and easy interface to read the document. (scribd.com) Right now, certain instruments like VR and Google glass are great tools to give students access when access isn't easy to grasp. Field trips get expensive and taking large groups to certain places can be risky for safety. Creating a virtual world for them to experience these places without ever leaving the classroom will enlighten certain students the don't normally have the ability. 

Twitter is an easy way to communicate with others in a swift and efficient way. New technology can be introduced with a simple tweet and change our simple insight of the world. I followed a few accounts that I find to be important and helpful. For instance, Apple Support is a great account to follow to get immediate help from the company. For issues with technology, they are there to help.Twitter would be helpful for students to get information quickly  from a source they readily have available.  Digital divide is detrimental for those students below the poverty line that cannot afford to buy these great new pieces of technology. Also, those that grew up in environments without technology are already at an unfair advantage. I will try to create a classroom that welcomes technology but doesn't require it. It's important to show these pieces of technology but understand that this may be the only place these students see this technology. I would like to us...