Questions I had as I read this: Are Class portal, blackboard, wiki all the same/similar thing? University of New Hampshire has a blackboard which includes a Parent Portal. It's just clicking on different topics to get answers, but I don't think there's a way to post things, so it's not really interactive. I guess I'll figure out what these things are as I move along with the readings and the classes.
I think it would be great to have a Weblog for the Foxborough World language teachers to share ideas and ask/answer questions. Before I knew about blogs, I was thinking about the online bulletin board concept. I wonder if that bulletin board idea is the same as a blog. Anyway, I'm wondering if this World Languages blog idea could work as a group goal for the new Foxboro evaluation program. But I'm a little overwhelmed by all I have to do, and also it gets complicated trying to connect with the staff. Also, they may already have decided on their goals. Well, perhaps for next year, with more time to plan.
I related to your comment about having a blog for teachers. I teach second grade and I'm thinking maybe it would be useful to have a blog where we could share ideas and projects, district-wide. I guess we already have something like that in place - teacher share comes to mind. However, I don't always know when someone contributes to teacher share so it may be nice to have a blog or wiki where we would know instantly when something's been added/changed. Unfortunately, I also related to your comment about being overwhelmed! I drove to the Ahern for our class this afternoon instead of the high school - this was after a day-long PD day on literacy at which we were given more information and more tasks to complete for the year. Yes, perhaps these grand ideas should be put on hold until next year!
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