Shutterfly is a site that allows picture sharing and even making your own homepage with the album that you have uploaded. To share your page, you would give the link of your website to your friends. Depending on how high your safety settings are, your friend might have to ask you for a code to view your link even if you are the one who sent it to him. This code is not the same as the password that you use to log into your account to update your page. There are many strengths associated with using Shutterfly in the classroom. One blatant reason that this should be used in the class is the ease of being able to organize the pictures of what the class has done for all the parents to see. Instead of just putting pictures of the even up on walls, parents can look through the class page and revisit as often as she likes. By having each class do a homepage, parents can also see what students of other classes might be doing. They can also glance at the calendar to keep track of whether their child is turning in his or her assignments on time and whether the parents needs to prepare the child for any changes to the daily routine. Knowing the schedule ahead of time also helps out the children with special needs. While the children can learn to collaborate on ideas to revise the site, the teacher is the only one who should be allowed to make changes to the site.
started by Connie Dang on 04 Nov 09
There are many strengths associated with using Shutterfly in the classroom. One blatant reason that this should be used in the class is the ease of being able to organize the pictures of what the class has done for all the parents to see. Instead of just putting pictures of the even up on walls, parents can look through the class page and revisit as often as she likes. By having each class do a homepage, parents can also see what students of other classes might be doing. They can also glance at the calendar to keep track of whether their child is turning in his or her assignments on time and whether the parents needs to prepare the child for any changes to the daily routine. Knowing the schedule ahead of time also helps out the children with special needs. While the children can learn to collaborate on ideas to revise the site, the teacher is the only one who should be allowed to make changes to the site.