Day+3

Jennifer Simmons || **Workshop Title : ** Using Classroom Websites with Students || **Day # ** 3 || Creating effective classroom websites that enhance and increase parental interactions |||||| **Prerequisite Knowledge ** Participants must: Participants will learn how to use a website to increase student performance by understanding what a website for students should contain, searching for teacher friendly websites that are free, and understanding what should be included for successful parental interactions. || Participants will learn how to use a website to increase student performance by: ª understanding what a website for students should contain ª searching for teacher friendly websites that are free ª understanding what should be included for successful parental interactions || 1) Participants will use the Smart Board to play a jeopardy style game to review website credibility. 2) Participants will discuss and create a Tree Map to discuss what should items are essential in creating a valuable website for students and parents. 3) Participants will view a sample classroom website. 4) Participants will create several pages to their classroom websites. These were created on day one of the workshop. 5) Participants will explore other free websites that are available to educators and students. 6) Participants will use [|Voki] to describe what they feel is the most important aspect of a classroom website. 7) Participants will upload the Voki to the completed projects page. They will also add it to their website that was created on day one of the workshop. 8) Participants will complete an exit survey. || Participants will be in the computer lab so they have full access to the Internet as well as the Smart Board. They will also: ª Create a Tree Map (provided by the presenter) ª Use a jeopardy style game (created by presenter) ª Use [|Voki] to create an answer to a discussion question ª Create an exit survey (created by presenter) || The participants will evaluate the workshop using an online survey. The presenter will evaluate the effectiveness or lack thereof by analyzing the results of the survey as well as viewing completed work submitted by participants. The presenter will deem the workshop a success if the feedback provided is positive and the submitted work reflects the skills and activities taught during the workshop. ||
 * =Technology Workshop Lesson Plan= ||
 * ===Name:===
 * ===Subject(s) of the day's workshop===
 * 1) Have basic computer skills
 * 2) Have an active e-mail account
 * 3) Knowledge what a website is
 * 4) Be able to search the Internet ||
 * == Content: ==
 * **Objectives: **
 * **Activities: **
 * **Additional materials: **
 * **Evaluation: **