DFI - Reflection 6 - Evaluating Sites

Today was mainly based on reviewing our current sites and updating these. We looked at other sites and made comments about how accessible they were, were they appealing to look at, what learning opportunities are included on the site.
It was good to see the clear buttons and the simple fonts. It is important to organise a site so that you do not need to make more than 3 clicks to get somewhere. Also, are the sites visually appealing? Do you want to dive in and explore it?
We spent sometimes sharing our own sites with each other and sharing feedback on how we can adapt these. It is was great to see other people's sites to get many other ideas for potential future use.

Updating my site

I want this site to be purposeful and user-friendly for the six year olds that I teach. Due to the limited amount of ipads/computers in my room, a detailed site to the extent of others will not be well utilized in my room. Therefore, last week I began a site that made other websites more accessible to the children when they have completed other tasks. This started with buttons that led them to STEPS or Epic Books. This has been great as I have not had to help any children access these websites on the computers. 

Today I decided that I wanted this site more curriculum based with buttons that sent them to pages about reading, writing or maths. I can keep adding to these pages as I go. I also want a button that leads them to Seesaw so they can see what has been posted to their whanau this week. Over lockdown us teachers recorded many clips of teachers reading stories. I plan to create buttons that will link these to the site so that the children can listen to multiple teachers telling stories. 

This is site is still very much a work in progress. 

Issues I came across today

So many little problems today with such simple answers. I was trying to copy an image into google draw but it was inserting a black background. Instead of copying and pasting I had to insert image. 

Another issue was inserting buttons onto the site and then trying to attach a link. I need to remember that I can't insert the image from the drive. I needs to be inserted through saved photos on the computer.