Thing #7 Face of your Classroom

The main face of my classroom is done using Blackboard.  All of my classes are included. Postings include daily homework assignments, copies of worksheets, solutions to problems and occasional key concepts pages. Most of my work is done in Powerpoint and converted to pdf's for publication.

I have added links discovered in this course to my Blackboard site, found at http://blackboard.kentisd.org/.

I also took a shot at developing a web page on weebly.com at http://ccmathisfun.weebly.com/. Thus far, I have only done the first page and am considering whether I want that type of web presence. I have done a lot of work on the Blackboard site and my students are aware of the site and they use it frequently. Creating an open web presence is something that I have considered in the past, started in the past, and left unmaintained in the past.  The advantage is that you have a community face to the classroom and its activities.  The disadvantage is that it has to be currently useful. I find that Blackboard allows me to be current without a lot of effort - it seems to fit my needs and the needs of the students for now.  As for Catholic Central, I am one of the few heavy users of the program.

Students find it convenient and useful. They refer to it when they need it and occasionally I will post extra assignments and work.  Screen shots follow:

Blackboard:

Web site CCMathisfun: