Amber Reynolds
ETEC 524
Tech Play 1
2/28/2024
1.
Wix: When I searched
create your own wiki page, I thought I was going to build a free website. I did
like the way it began with an AI chat- which was optional. I chose the chat option
and it asked me several question about my purpose and ideas for the website. When
I got to pick out the name I wanted for the website is when I was prompted to
either sign up for a 30-day trial, or go ahead and pay now for the service of
creating the website. I don’t think I will be using this to build my portfolio.
It seems like I will need something with less options, that I can simply create
for school purposes. Also, If I can find something that’s 100% free, that’s the
way for me!
a.
As I answered the prompted questions, I was immediately
surprised at the title the website gave me, which was educational consultant,
and also immediately began to build phrases and potential services that I may
render under that title. This would absolutely be relevant and meaningful for
someone offering any type of service. It also has tools for setting up payment
giving and receiving. If I were to decide to be an independent educational
tutor, I would use this site to build my own business site. As an educator and
a student, I do not need this type of business page at the moment.
b.
I think this particular would be fun and
engaging for students to play around with, as it offers more capabilities than
simply building a website. Here you can also create videos, and content to
share socially, as well as a calendar option that will ad and sync all of your activities.
You can search their app market to choose other legitimate apps and adds to
promote marketing on your site. There is even a tab that will help you register
your business legally. If there was a way to secure this software, and let the
students explore and create on it, I believe some could actually be quite successful.
It reminds me of the stock market game we played in my first year of college in
a personal finance class. We were given an amount of fake money, and practiced
buying, selling and trading realistic stocks. My first thought about letting
student have access to this was to try and mime that project. But, second
thought, it would be interesting to require high school students to create a
real business and observe how successful they become.
2.
Google Site: As
I searched again for free personal website builders, I again saw wix and some
other familiar sounding titles from commercials like GoDaddy, that I assumed
would also only be a free trial, and eventually I would need to pay. I have created
a Google site before, and I already knew how free and simple it is to operate so
I chose to explore this one again. Our school librarian was the first to introduce
this when she asked us all last school year to create a google site with our
information on it that we would like available to the public. It is published
on our schools website. Right away, some teachers were able to maximize its
potential, adding links to their google classrooms, and other tutorial apps and
thing they wanted to share. Here is the link to mine: Ms. Reynolds page. I
will be using this to make my eportflio! It only makes sense for me. I am
familiar with it, and its completely free.
a.
In my perspective, I am a fan of google’s
simplicity. I find their workspace services to be very user friendly and easy
to navigate. There is no AI chat or additional services, just a few easy
templates to choose from to get the job done. I would like to try and create an
assignment for my students using sites. They are assigned a student email, and
some of them utilize it. It could be similar to my ideas with wix. If I were to
ask the students to simply make a site, like the one I have published, and add
their information and to even include some skills, we could very possibly
discover something new and great! Some of the students at that age are making
and selling little beaded jewelry, and even baby sit. Here, they would have the
chance to advertise that in a professional and secure way. I could possibly
have their websites published on mine, If they have a media release signed.
3.
Odoo: At
first thought, again, I was under the impression I would be simply building a
free personal website. This one even advertises, “no credit card needed”. Under
further investigation I decided not to even go much further into this website.
It wanted too much personal information to not be needing a credit card and I don’t
want any weird third parties emailing me daily. As I read through the terms and
agreement policy, It seems that would be exactly what Id get. Not only do they
want my phone number and mailing address, but after you creat your “free”
website, if you were to use so many code lines, your website would no longer be
accessible until you paid the fee per the terms and usage policy.
a.
I would definitely change the structure of this
website, and remove so many hidden agendas. The list of policies and agreements
was too lengthy and actually scared me away.
b.
I could use this site as a learning tool for my
students however. It could be interesting to compare it against another “free”
website builder. There were also misspelled words in a statement left by a satisfied
customer. All of the comments were also made from other countries. This website
does not feel secure to me and I would be hesitant to use it without my school
IT permission.
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