Hayley+Harbert

=Biography= My name is Hayley Harbert. I'm a senior and a secondary English education major. However, I'm not sure which grade I want to teach, yet. My life is a technology disaster.

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Web Exemplars
http://www.columbusnavigation.com/ This website is on the verge of horrible. I was immediately confused when I came to this website on how to navigate because of the need to scroll down and find the links. I think if its hard for the teacher to navigate then it should be out of the question for students to use. You would hear complaints the entire class period the students are using it! While the links should be central to the website the pictures are huge and make the links seem insignificant in comparison. I think this website may have useful information, but the format of the page is confusing so I would not use it in my classroom. this website was found through the search engine google.

http://www.franciscan-archive.org/columbus/ I thought this website was fairly good in that the links were available at the top of the page. I hate when there are so many links that you have to waste time reading them all to find what you want. This website only had 4 main links which connected to a respective section that had useful information. It was nice to see the information was relatively easy to read and understandable. I think this would be important for a high school audience. While the website was a little elementary as far as appearance, I think simple is better anyway. I found this website through the search engine google.

Good Wiki
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Bad Wiki

 * Poor Uses of Wiki Technology for students**


 * 1) Placing inappropriate images on your wiki would be one violation I would implement in my classroom. This could include anything which could be considered a disturbing image.
 * 2) Illegal downloading of music or other forms of entertainment could get the school in trouble, so this would also be prohibited.
 * 3) Using the wiki to harass other students in the school.

Personal Wiki Page
http://hayleyhharbert.wikispaces.com/

Communities
In my classroom I could use skype and facebook. I see them being used with the same purpose in mind, which is to encourage student collaboration outside of the classroom setting. Facebook would be useful because most students are very familiar with it so they would be more willing to utilize the benefits of this system. Skype is less likely to be used by students, but if I introduced it in class I see students enjoying this technology, as well. For example, students could use this instead of instant messager systems such as AIM. Pen pal projects are popular in many classrooms in order to learn more about another culture; skype could be used within this situation.

Media Project
I chose to create a powerpoint for my media project because I had already planned to use this form of technology in the classroom. I thought it would be a good way to introduce the students to the fanfiction project. Powerpoint is a good form of presentation because it is organized and visually pleasing. One downfall is that it is very common in traditional classrooms, so students may get bored with passively listening/watching.