Today, most school districts want teachers to have their own website to communicate to parents, students and the public. Often a district will contract with a company to create all teacher's sites in a uniform way.
If; however, you have control of your website, or if you are in the planning stages, the following suggestions of what to include may help. Our thanks to the Denton Independent School District and Schoolwires for these suggestions.
Denton ISD Teacher Website Expectations:
http://www.dentonisd.org/512498820325/site/default.asp
The following elements would be found on an exemplary classroom website:
1. Contact Information
2. Welcome Message
3. Teacher Bio
4. Syllabus/Description/Objectives
5. Homework Assignments
6. Calendar of Events with Test/Quiz Schedule
7. Learning Resources
8. Classroom Rules and Policies
9. Worksheets & Handouts
10. Resource Lists
11. Parental Resources
12. Class Showcase/Class News
13. Activities to Energize Learning
14. Awards & Recognitions
Schoolwires is only one of many companies that can help you
and your district design effective web pages.
Additional companies include School Webmasters, Edlio, eSchool
Solutions, SchoolFusion, and many others.http://www.dentonisd.org/512498820325/site/default.asp
The following elements would be found on an exemplary classroom website:
1. Contact Information
2. Welcome Message
3. Teacher Bio
4. Syllabus/Description/Objectives
5. Homework Assignments
6. Calendar of Events with Test/Quiz Schedule
7. Learning Resources
8. Classroom Rules and Policies
9. Worksheets & Handouts
10. Resource Lists
11. Parental Resources
12. Class Showcase/Class News
13. Activities to Energize Learning
14. Awards & Recognitions
References:
WHAT MAKES A "GOOD" SCHOOL WEBSITE?
http://www.wtvi.com/html/whatmakesagoodpage.html
CASE STUDY: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCHOOL WEBSITE?
http://iris.nyit.edu/~mdemarco/edpc691/thesis.pdf
TIPS FOR A GOOD SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.articlesbase.com/k-12-education-articles/tips-for-a-good-school-website-739348.html
Other benefits from having a website such as this, is that teachers can send notes directly to the students, which lessen the worry of having incomplete notes. I doff my hat to those who promotes this type of learning.
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