Transcript TIA Presentation 2012 - Schoolwires

If You Build It, They Will Come
How to plan your
Schoolwires web page
Sarah Hustwit
DHS/GHS Latin
1. Introduce yourself and classes
2. Assignments/Plans students, parents, admin
3. Responsibility on Students
4. Make yourself accessible
5. Catch their attention
Log in to
your webpage and
go to Site Manager
Designing the Front End
What the world sees
Questions to ask yourself:
1. What organization does my set of classes lend itself
to?
2. Do I want all of my lesson plans on my page? Just the
assignments? Both?
a. How much of my materials and plans are already
digital? [CamScanner App for smart phones]
3. What’s my level of technological patience and savvy?
1. Using a “Links Page” vs Flexpage
2. Using a “File Library” type page [and why I don’t]
Crazy Animal Section of Flex page vs Crazy Animal File Library
3. Using an “Assignments” type page – SraAaron’s page and Mrs.Howington’s page
4. Using a Separate Blank “Flex” Page for each class/level
4A. Link to a PDF of your lesson plans
Pros – easy if you already have your plans typed out, easier to control formatting,
easy to see whole year at once, easy for kids to print
Cons – harder create links to worksheets and handouts
4B. Type/copy your plans on the page itself –
Pros – easier to link to worksheets your kids can print
Cons – extra step of copy-pasting from your plans into the webpage, takes up
more space visually on the page
Considerations –
Do you want most recent assignments on top or on the bottom? Do you want them
to have to scroll all the way down?
5. Using the Calendar Page for All Classes at Once – Hustwit’s page
Pros- everything in one place, easy to link hndts, easy to link to Eduphoria for
admin
Cons – lots of typing or cut-n-paste for you, lots of steps
Bonus: Linking in Eduphoria
1. Log in to Eduphoria eduphoria.dentonisd.org
2. Go to Forethought and then MyPlanner
3. Go to ChangeMySettings in the bottom left corner…click on
MySchedules
4. Click AddASchedule and give it a name like “Check
Schoolwires”
5. Then you must AddAnEntry [like adding a class to the day’s
schedule.] Choose to add ASpecialEntry, give it an EntryTitle [This
is what will appear on your lesson plans page when your school
administrator views it.] Check the “No” box for comments.
6. I have chosen to have 2 “entries,” one that says “see
schoolwires” and another with the web address of my lesson
plans page.