3X3 Link

What did you create, and why?

• I created a 3x3 Link because I wanted to have one place where I could put all the different webpages/links that I want my students to have access to on a regular basis without having them try to add them all separately to a favorite list.

What went well for you?

• Wow! This was so much easier than I was expecting it to be. I had wanted one for a while now, but had never gotten around to making one, mostly because I thought that it would be harder than it actually was. But I found it easy to add links and even reorganize the links once added.

What was challenging?

• The challenging part was that at this point in the summer, I added some pages that the students will be using for next year, but they are new sites and I do not yet have all to correct or current student logon page information at this time. I tried to add a basic link to the main webpage that will remind me what I wanted on the 3X3 link so that as I get the current information I can easily go back in and add it for student access.

What did you enjoy?

• I found making this way more fun than it probably should be, but the organization of all the different pieces put in one easy place for students to just click on made me really happy. I am always trying to find ways to help support my 4th grade students to access online resources easily and without needing my support to do so and I see this as being an easy way for them to help themselves. I was also quite excited to link it to my student Google Classroom as well has having plans to add it to my student Chromebooks as the homepage.

What ideas do you have for using this tool with your students, grade level, staff or to communicate with families?

• For this assignment I just created a 3X3 Link for the most commonly used webpages that my students need access to during the day. But I was also thinking about how easy it would be to create different 3X3 links to provide directions, resources, links for student projects limiting the amount of pages or resources or searching for information of research reports or different strategies that I want students to be working on and cutting down on some of the "extra" explore time that students sometimes get lost in.