You guys are terrific.
This is the original post and answers. I will let her decide what she wants to do.
Original Post: A teacher does not want to wait until our school's website goes up.
She wants a site where she can have students go to check homework and see their
individual grades. Any suggestions? Thanks and happy holidays to all.
Has anyone suggested MOODLE? It is like BLACKBOARD, but not as detailed.
Sandy Doehler
I use wikispaces.com or pbworks.com. They are both free to educators, and easy to
use. Here's my link http://finleymslmc.wikispaces.com/
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://finleymslmc.wikispaces.com/>
Carol Gaughran
use a ning - can be private and by invitation only - lots of features too
www.ning.com <http://www.ning.com/>
Barbara Combes
Try http://www.wordpress.com
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.wordpress.com> It
is very easy to use and it's free.
Peggy Simpson
Our district ed tech trainer suggests Weebly. They have an education version, too.
http://education.weebly.com/
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://education.weebly.com/>
Cheryl Skiles
Db martin
We have taught the teachers in my district to use several free sites. One is google
sites and the other is wikispaces.
D. Mentzer
Have her check out weebly.com
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://weebly.com> .
http://education.weebly.com/
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://education.weebly.com/>
it has some great features for teachers and classes -- it has a super easy drag and
drop feature.
Rena Deutsch
I use Edmodo, (edmodo.com) with my fourth and fifth grade. Students have to
register to their groups, which the teacher creates, then she can post assignments,
grades, calendars. it is a social networking site, the kids can communicate only
with me or the people in their group. It's easy and free. Another more complex site
is Moodle. Keytoschool is a free portal to that.
Michele Savvides
Schoolnotes.com is a good one and its free.
Julie Richards
The problem she will have is posting grades. That is student information that
others should not have access to. Typically, online course systems like Moodle and
Blackboard provide this function... She may be able to use Googledocs for students
gradebook, but she would have to find someway to post individual grades to each
student.
Pamela Jackson
I have set up a blog that I use for my library site.
Barbara Kane
Teachers at our school use accounts on http://teacherweb.com/
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://teacherweb.com/> Have a
look
at what they have done to see if this meets your needs. There is a cost but
the teachers like the ease of use.
http://teacherweb.com/ON/HewittsCreekPS/MrsCarl/apt7.aspx
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://teacherweb.com/ON/HewittsCreekPS/MrsCarl/apt7.aspx>
http://teacherweb.com/ON/HewittsCreekPS/slcollins/apt1.aspx
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://teacherweb.com/ON/HewittsCreekPS/slcollins/apt1.aspx>
or another option is
https://plans.pbworks.com/
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://plans.pbworks.com/>
There is a free version https://plans.pbworks.com/signup/basic20
<https://mail.nycboe.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://plans.pbworks.com/signup/basic20>
Pat Elliott
TeacherWeb.com is a good one. Also, she should try Google's
"Googlesites"--easy to put together a basic web page. I just noticed that the
teacher also wanted students to be able to check their individual grades. I think
she might want to "rethink" that idea because of privacy issues and confidentiality
of student records. A web page may not be the best place for that kind of thing.
Perhaps if the school district subscribes to something like Blackboard or Angel
Learning, she could provide that kind of access for her students.
Shirley Lukenbill
She could create a blog. Edublogs.org is a great site. she can get a free blog or
for $40 per year she can have one that has no advertisements. It would be perfect
for homework assignements.
If she doesn't like the format of a blog - she could create a wiki using something
like wikispaces or pb wiki. They are a bit more like a traditional web page.
Jacquie (Henry)
Geri Ellner Krim,
Library Media Specialist
Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School
2021 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11233
718-922-1145
718-922-2347
gellner@schools.nyc.gov
www.nylearns.org/gellner
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