More research

Still awaiting word from Mary Ann and the 16 remaining teachers that use TeacherWeb, I spent tonight emailing 12 teachers that DON'T each have websites with questions about how they view the prospect of class websites.

All 29 (36 if you count the seven mailer daemons) emails were sent to teachers in New England (13 Mass., 7 Conn., 6 Vt., 5 NH & 5 Maine).

The questions I asked tonight's 12 were all something to the effect of the following, with slight variances depending on what job the teacher had and where:

1.) Do teachers in your school have class websites? If so, what do they use them for? If not, why don't they use them?

2.) Do you have a class website? If not, why not? If so, what do you use it for?

3.) Do you think class websites could be used more often or more effectively? If so, how? If not, why not?

3.) If you had a third party make you a website, what features would you like to see on that website? Would you ever pay for a website? If so, how much would a class website be worth?

4.) If you have time, peruse www.teacherweb.com. As a potential client of this company, what would you change?