Positive:
- able to embed interactive educational video's, games, pictures, voki's and other digital tools
-reliable Source of information
- Teacher controlled website
- Students are unable to modify page
Negative:
- students are not able to give feedback on line
- no student contribution to the page
- used more as a learning tool rather then an interactive on line activity
Interesting:
- Interaction is through on-line activities, different compared to blogs and wiki's
A website could be used as a whole way of giving extra information on a unit of work. Websites allow for different pages which can have different topics for each week. Teachers would be able to submit online activities for the students to be completed at home, or during school. Rather then having an open discussion like wiki's, or feedback via comments on blogs, Websites are a direct link to information for students to harness.
Pages could also be designed that target advanced students and ones that are falling behind. Elaboration using videos, games, text, and links to helpful websites would target students who require extra help and direct them in the direction of clarity. In the same sense, documentaries and text giving deeper thought on the subject could be given to more advanced students. The website allows this as it gives clear and concise information on subjects for students to access in after school hours.
Websites could also be created by the students for the teacher to view. This could be a great task for students in senior years of primary school to complete. Students could be asked to create a website on a given topic and would be required to design one that is informative and interactive.
Websites are a great tool for after hour learning and in class learning. Although they don't offer the interaction that blogs and wiki's do, they offer a different type of interaction that allows for extra learning for advanced students and "catch up" work for students falling behind. The link below directs you to a simple website i designed using weebly that gives information on the inventor Nikola Tesla.
http://thegreatnikolat.weebly.com/
Good job on the weebly - don't forget to show attribution for your images though. If they are your own or are free to be used then you could show that as well. Remember that even most works that are free to share require you to show the same creative commons licence under which you are using them.
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