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Teacher Websites
Week 3
WEBSITES
• A website or web site is the same thing as a web page. o True or Falseo Terms are often used interchangeably
Website is actually a collection of webpages
• In W200, one of the big projects is creating a teacher website.
• As a teacher, why do you need a website?Let’s see why…
Students, teachers, administrators and parents are increasingly recognizing the value of social learning in both their personal and professional lives. (Source: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/SocialLearning_2012.html)
WHAT DO THEY(e.g., admin, principals, students) WANT?
• School (and class) information is shared more effectively and efficiently with parents.
• Helps to extend the learning beyond the school…
• Increases parental engagement in the learning process and student achievement• COMMUNICATION
• ACCESSIBILITY• PARTICIPATION
IS MAKING A TEACHER WEBSITE WORTH THE TIME?
VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF A TEACHER WEBSITE
Design
Content
Site infoMenu
• Consistency of design elements• Fonts, colors, decoration themes,
etc.• Contrast to distinguish between
foreground and background elements.
• Proximity & Alignment of relevant materials• Adding space, indentation…
• Spacing• Some space helps viewers to
read and focus on the content.
VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF A TEACHER WEBSITEDESIGN: Make your own brand as a professional teacher.
Compare…(& Think about the goals of teacher website: to communicate, share... )
Consistencyhttp://www.007museum.com/
http://newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/pages/teacher-sites.php
Contrasthttp://www.raft.org/
http://teachers.net/
Proximity & Alignmenthttp://www.007museum.com/http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Spacinghttp://ilovetypography.com/http://www.arngren.net/
Most importantly… NO BROKEN LINKS!!!
