S.+McElroy

The problem I will be working on is how a teacher-created web page will affect communication among parents, teachers, and students. The second problem I will be working on is how to improve student involvement. Studies show that there is a direct connection between parent involvement and student success. With this research project I hope to find out if the web page will help parents to become a little more involved/ aware of what is going on in the classroom. I am hoping if the parents become more involved the students will do the same. It will provide parents with a direct link to the classroom and give them the ability to monitor their child’s progress. It will provide a means for students to keep track of class activities, on-line resources and the ability to display their work. I want to find out if this page will be a valuable addition for future classes. I want to create a page for students to show parents what they are working on and give them the opportunity to show off their work. How do teacher created web pages affect communication between parents, teacher, and students? Do teacher created web pages improve student involvement in the class? Do parents use the webpage as an informational resource? How many times? What was their motivation to use the site? What information from the web page do parents find the most useful?
 * // (2) Select a ‘Problem’. //**
 * // (3) State the reason(s) why this is ‘important’. //**
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 * //(5) Briefly describe the context within which your study will take place.//**

The study I will be conducting will involve the building of a classroom web site. The site will include information about current assignments, projects we are working on, a student work display page, and a daily calendar. The site will also have information on how to contact me including email, my teaching schedule, and availability times for parent meetings or phone calls. What I will attempt to do with this study is improve the level of parental, student, and teacher communication throughout the semester. The second item will focus on getting students more involved. By creating a page of student work it is my hope students will try to get work published to show their parents what they have accomplished.