Web Site Dos and Don'ts

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Web Site Dos and Don'ts

• Chippewa Valley High
• Tuesday, December 02, 2003

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Do Have a PURPOSE!

• Communication
• PR (Big Time!)
• Distribution
• Reinforcing Learning!
• Move Responsibility to Student/Parent

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Do keep it

• Up-To-Date
• Time is importantyours!
• Bring people back
• Interactive
• Outside Resources
• Classwork, information!
• Simple
• Ease of usenavigate
• Not too busy

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Check Some GOOD Ones!

• Debis Page
• Audreys Page
• Kays Page

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Include these elements

• Teacher Page Contact Info
• Email
• Phone numbers
• Bio?
• Links to other school web pages
• Lunch menu
• Calendar

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Include these elements

• News for Parents
• Policies, standards, rules -constant
• Events or Calendar changing
• Paper Newsletters, letters, notes
• Handouts and materials done in
• PowerPoint
• Word
• Excel

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Include these elements

• Homework / Information for Students
• Assignments and deadlines
• Class resources
• Links to
• Other teachers
• Your school and district
• Web sites used in class

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Consider student safety

• Dont publish personal info
• Telephone, street address
• Names of other family members
• Location other than school
• Dont use student photos on web pages without
  parent permission.

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Additional safety rules?

• Dont identify students in photos.
• Use first names only, but not with photo.
• Dont use complete names.

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Do work with parents.

• Maintain communication.
• Publish and publicize your web with your parents.
• Tell them how to find the web page and give them
  the Internet address (URL) of the page containing
  the student photo.

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Summary

• Organize to make it simple
• Keep it fresh
• Cross-publicize paper to web to paper
• Use student info prudently
• Make it useful

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To Get Started
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From Home?

• Check Front Page CD from library
• Follow instructions for home install
• Use CHIPPEWA\username

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A good website

• serves you more than your students and parents.

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Learn more

• Email Rita or Craig
• Call 2030
• See www.cvs.k12.mi.us/TIZ