Welcome to our new online home!

Welcome to the new online home of Room 209! I appreciate everyone’s patience as I worked to get this new site up and running, and I hope it’s worth the effort. For the most part, you’ll find most of the same features as our old site had, although things are arranged differently. In addition to the new address and the new look and feel of the site (Thanks #15 for the inspiration!), there are some new features you might find useful:

• Mobile optimization – MossTeaches has a responsive design, meaning that it will look as clear on a small phone as it will on a large desktop monitor!
• Twitter feed – On the right sidebar of the main page of our class website, you’ll find a new Twitter feed for our classroom.  I find that most of my website posts cover larger topics.  My plan for the Twitter feed is to most mini-updates about what we’re doing at different times during the school day.  This is a pilot test, and I may or may not continue to offer this feature, depending on how things go.
• Dear Humphrey – Think of it as a “Dear Abby” option for our classroom.  Kids are welcome to write to me (anonymously, if they choose) about challenges that they’re having in school that I can help with.  Often, one student is not alone in having a problem, and it’s something that be discussed during Morning Meeting.
• Virtual Classroom – This is still very much a work-in-progress.  Eventually, this page will be a launchpad for many of our class eLearning activities.
• Student News – As the name implies, students will have the opportunity to take on the role of reporter and blog about some of what we do in class.  Thanks, #13, for writing our first article!

Thanks to the feedback I received on the class website survey many of you completed for me, I have more planned for our new site in the coming weeks and months.  As you use the new website, please message me if you find any bugs or errors, or if you want to share feedback with me!  I hope you enjoy MossTeaches: the new online home for Room 209!

Posted in Site Updates|By Jon Moss