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Squeaky Clean Website. Lane D. Rankin CSUSB, Tech-ed. Getting parents and community members excited about the school website. Introduction. Who? Lane Why? Websites What? Presentation. Internet Use. 78% of students 2 - 17 live in a home with internet access
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Squeaky Clean Website Lane D. Rankin CSUSB, Tech-ed Getting parents and community members excited about the school website
Introduction • Who? • Lane • Why? • Websites • What? • Presentation
Internet Use • 78% of students 2 - 17 live in a home with internet access • Low income groups fast growing sector “connected to the future report”, CPB
School or Classroom Website • Goals • What Information? • How will we communicate that? • Design aspects • How?
Goals • School • Contact info • Calendar • Student Work • Scores • SARC • Communication, questions, brainstorms, calls • Classroom • Student work • Calendar • Contact info • Scores • Assignments • Rubrics
What Information? • Information to motivate parents, community • Instructional objectives • Resources for parents, community • FAQs • Gather data • Communication
Design Aspects • White space http://www.rialto.k12.ca.us/ • Small chunks of text http://lincolnhighsanjose.org/ • Information that can be scanned quickly http://www.pausd.palo-alto.ca.us/addison/ • Menu items http://tepd.ucop.edu • Tell your story quickly, first few inches of the page (reason to scroll) http://www.pylusd.k12.ca.us/ • More
How Do it yourself • Front Page, DreamWeaver, Golive, Bbedit, Homesite Dynamic • Blue Wrench • TeacherWeb, Myschoolonline, Scholastic, AOL • Others