Transcript New Teacher Web Templates

New Teacher Web
Templates
Introduction
Purpose of teacher web pages
To inform parents
 To inform students
 To contribute to the bigger picture of our
school
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Content is King!
Basic information must be located in a
standardized location
 Visitors should find what they want with
the fewest number of clicks in the
shortest amount of time
 Content must be relevant and
CURRENT
 Keep pages clean, simple, easy to read
and should contain minimal distractions
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Why will visitors come to your site?
Parents?
 Students?
 Staff/Administration?
 Community Members?
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Good Examples
Royanne Baer
 Brook Baxter
 Kristi Harding
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Required Pages in Order:
Home
 About
 News
 Students
 Parents
 Syllabus or Class Pages
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Home Page – Update Monthly
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Let your visitor know where they are –
name your site: “Mrs. Fansher’s 6th
Grade Science Class”
– Name
– Grade
– Subject
This is your “welcome mat”
 Update once per month to reflect time of
year or make generic to last for months.
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About Page – Create Once
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A paragraph about yourself including:
Professional background (education and
teaching experiences, a glimpse of your past
life if teaching is a second career)
Personal teaching philosophy
General hopes or goals for your students
Personal information (family, hobbies, etc.)
Contact information
News Page – Update Weekly
Must be CURRENT – contains events
for this week and next week, maybe
reminders for important upcoming
events
 Update AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK
 Use days of the week AND dates,
Monday, April 16
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News Events
Current unit
 Homework assignments
 Vocabulary
 Quiz, test and project dates
 Fundraisers, events specific to your
class
 Praise and good news
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Students Page – Update Once
Welcome to students
 Classroom expectations
 Classroom rules & consequences
 Required materials
 Daily Procedures
 Grading method
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Parents Page – Update Once
Summary of what you teach
 Classroom expectations
 Wish list
 Daily schedule
 Contact information
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Syllabus Page – Update Once
Attach copy of syllabus (rather than cut
and paste)
 Attach documents, notes, presentations
 Keep this page(s) current – remove
information as you finish with it, move
new information to the top
 Remember to use Student Home
Directories to store older documents
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Optional Pages – Update Regularly
Don’t start something you can’t finish
 Calendars – don’t use it if you aren’t
going to use it!
 Photo galleries – don’t go overboard,
keep it relevant to your class. Resize
photos before uploading.
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Learn your new addresses:
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To edit your site:
– http://staff.greenville.k12.sc.us/sites/username
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To view your site:
– http://teachers.greenville.k12.sc.us/sites/username
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I will link new sites on Friday afternoon for
everyone here today.
3 Areas of Home Page
Banner
2. Mission
Statement
3. Class
Schedule
 Double
click to
open
editor
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New Editor
Very similar to Microsoft Word
 Fonts are limited, but any font can be
cut and pasted. Keep in mind readability
– avoid using fonts with “tails” or silly
script
 Font color, size, bold, italics, alignment,
bullets, numbering, hyperlinks, etc.
 Upload and insert media (clips,
presentations, sound, pictures)
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Editor Tools
Adding Media
Copyright – if you don’t own it, get
WRITTEN permission or don’t use it!
 DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH LETTERS –
submit to Mrs. Fansher and keep a list
 Use wide group pictures of class rather
than individual student pictures
 Only use first names or don’t use
names at all
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Admin Page
Admin Options
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Change Theme
Manage Pages – add, update, order
Manage Subsites – clubs & organizations
Manage Users – add users and
permissions
Manage Components – reset homepage
Manage Pictures – upload and create
galleries
Manage calendars – add and update
Change Theme
Create a New Page
Name New Page
Edit New Page
Additional Resources
Patrick Crispen’s Guide to Good Web
Design
 http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/district/t
eachers/webs/index.asp
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