Designing Effective Teacher Web Pages

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Designing Effective Teacher Web Pages

• KIDS Summer Institute 2002

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Planning Your Page

• Purpose
• Audience
• Format
• Layout
• Colors

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Purpose

• Communication
• Educators Profile
• Curriculum Highlights
• Calendar
• Student Recognition
• Student Management
• Assignments/ Learning Extensions

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Communication

• Newsletter
• Contact information
• email
• phone
• conference times
• schedule
• Link to Campus/District site

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Educators Profile

• Resume highlights
• Degrees held
• Experience
• Goals/vision/philosophy

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Curriculum Highlights

• Thematic units
• Novel studies
• Special projects
• Course overviews
• Syllabus
• Links to curriculum standards

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Calendar

• Field trips
• Projects
• Assignments
• Assemblies
• Timelines and due dates
• Holidays
• In-services

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Student Recognition

• Student presentations
• Activity pictures
• Scanned documents
• Student PowerPoint Presentations
• Art work
• Audio/video files
• Pictures of student displays

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Student Management

• Tutorial guidelines
• Grading weights
• Behavior expectations
• Discipline contracts

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Assignments

• Project Information
• Rubrics and Assessments
• Parent/Student learning contracts
• Lessons in PowerPoint
• Class notes
• Curricular links

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Learning Extensions

• Hotlist of internet resources
• Interactive online lessons

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Using Templates

• Benefits-
• Layout is easy to follow
• Colors are pre-set/typically good design
• Images are easy to insert

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Designing Your Own

• Benefits-
• Freedom to choose layout, colors, image
  locations, links, etc

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Saving Images

• Tips
• Save all images for a specific page in one
  folder.
• Rename images something you will remember later!
• Upload all images you think you might use at one
  time.

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Uploading to the www.

• Know what your limitations are
• How much space do you need?
• How many and what type of images can you upload?
• Is there any cost?

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Lets Get Started!

• Lectora
• Netscape Composer
• Front Page 2000
• Others (See Hotlist for URL)

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Examples of Great Teacher Pages!

• Maridee Ryan - elementary
• Ann Hochevar elementary
• Susan Polansky - elementary
• Joel Adkins - secondary
• Katie Kordel - secondary
• Leslie Yeary - secondary