Week 4 - Publish and Comments

This was the week that we were to publish our site and here the comments from classmates and professor. My blog went up with 5 pages as required. I am going to copy the comments from the discussion forum below. Professor Erbe sent me his comments in an audio file and I will try to include it as well.

Comment from Mary Sue:

Katherine, very nice site. I like the Wordle banner; it has a nice welcoming feel. I also like the GoAnimate. I had not heard of this program and I’m anxious to try it. I’m always looking for new ways to get my students to show their work through technology. I am not familiar with the slide.com presentation tool you have showing your new books. Could you tell me a little about that? Is it free, is it easy to use? Did you have to find the book covers and add them?

I wonder if it is redundant to have the databases listed on the side when you have a link across the top for them? When clicked on that link I saw that you didn’t have them all listed there. Do you plan on doing that at some point? I do like the use of the table and the annotations and links for help.

I love the Read posters!!!! What a great idea. You really have a great start here.

MarySue

Comment from Jennine:

Such a great start! There is so much I like about it, but I think the best is your placement of materials on the front page. My worst problem is sticking things 3 clicks in from the front page, and I worry about people getting tired of that many clicks. Thanks for the look!

I LOVE the "web worthy" spotlight--the old HS site used the words "web 2.0 tools" to highlight new to us web tools, and that wasn't interesting. This is a phrase I will place on my own.