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Session 721200 pm - 315 pmTechnology The
InternetSUCCESSFUL USES OF THE SCHOOL WEBSITE TO
SUPPORT CURRICULUM/RESEARCHTim Gauntley and
Kevin Bradbeer Instructional Leaders. Toronto
DSB.School Web sites are great vehicles that
provide resources to support curriculum and
research. Presenters from the Toronto District
School Board have developed a wonderful model of
a centrally developed Web site for all schools.
Resources that will be shared in this session
include a one-stop-shop model for the school
library technology program including web
searching tools, research toolkits and lesson
guides.
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Information Anxiety in the Information Age
The School Library Web Site
Information anxiety is the black hole between
data and knowledge. It happens when information
doesnt tell us what we want to know.
Thanks to
Richard Saul Wurman. Information Anxiety2. QUE.
Indianoplois, 2001.
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In the long run men hit only what they aim at.
- Henry David Thoreau
Mission and Goals Site Development Process Site
Design Interface Design Page Design
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Mission and Goals

• The MISSION of the School Library Information
  Centre program is to teach all students to read
  for breadth and understanding, research with
  purpose and process, build knowledge with insight
  and responsibility, and transform their knowledge
  into wisdom for a lifetime of learning.

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Site Development Process

• 1. Site definition and planning
• 2. Information architecture
• 3. Site design and criteria
• 4. Site construction
• 5. Site marketing
• 6. Tracking, evaluation, and maintenance

Thanks to
Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton. Web Style
GuideBasic Design Principles for Creating Web
Sites. 2nd Edition. Yale University Press. New
Haven, 2001. www.webstyleguide.com
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Site Design

• Provide context or lose the reader.
• TL selected sites for quality depth
• Divide content into logical units.
• Web site of linked pages
• Establish a hierarchy of importance among the
  units (pages)
• structure relations using headers
• Integrate function and aesthetics
• Elegant, memorable design

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Interface Design

• User-centred design with no obstacles
• Clear navigation aids (buttons, frames,
  subcategories etc.)
• Direct access (two clicks away)
• Bandwidth and interaction
• Simplicity and consistency
• Design integrity and stability

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Page Design

• Readers seek
• clarity
• order
• trustworthiness
• in information sources, whether traditional paper
  documents or Web pages. Effective page design can
  provide this confidence.

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Page Design

• If you ask why something works and you push back
  far enough, eventually everything seems to be
  based on contrast the ability to distinguish one
  thing from another.
• Composition, sequencing, even legibility all
  rely on devices that affect the contrast between
  things. Chris Pulman, The Education of a
  Graphic Designer

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Page Design

• The spatial organization of graphics and text on
  the Web page should
• engage readers with graphic impact
• direct their attention
• prioritize the information they see
• make their interactions with the Web site more
  enjoyable and efficient.

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