Google Site

This week we worked on creating Google Sites. I have come to have mixed feelings about this. I think it's a great addition to the class and really helps with keeping parents informed. Since I am a big computer/technology person I would love to see what is going on in my child's classroom and be able to pull something up, like a document, if my child misplaced theirs. It's also great because if anything new comes up, the website could be edited as the week goes on. While this idea is convenient it is not so ideal. As a teacher there is so much to go in and outside of the classroom, is it really realistic to create a website? It requires a lot more site navigation and editing than a classroom newsletter. I also can't help but think that parents would go on it once in a while and would barely use it. I feel as if the teacher would spend so much time on it and parents would just look at it every once in a while.
What I would think about doing is putting up the home work for parents to see daily. Students aren't always trustworthy and sometimes forget to write down certain parts of their home work. Again, I don't know if that is ideal for a teacher to have to sign into the website everyday and type in the home work. Teachers don't always know what will be for homework that week and often there is tweaking as the week goes on. While it's a nice idea I think that the google site will just create a headache for the teacher. I think Monthly newsletters are simple and easier to create, and offer the parents the same information.