Planning

Links for viewing school web sites

• Web 66: International School Web Site
• Technology and Learning Magazine
  • Select "School Site of the Month"
• State of Connecticut – Featured School Web Sites
• Internet Solutins - SchoolDistrictSites.com
  • http://www.schooldistrictsites.com/
    

Designing

• Privacy Policy Statements on School Sites
• Wappingers Central School District Photo/Text Guidelines
• Potter's Workshop - 640 X 480 Screen Resolution Test
• Bobby™ Watchfire Corporation
• The School Webmaster
• Web Style Guide - Excellent guide but not for the beginner.
• Landmark For Schools: Permission Template for Teachers and Students
• Landmark For Schools: Citation Machine
  
• Web Site Evaluation Checklist (PDF)
• School Web Site Rubric (PDF)
• Quick Reference For Web Design and Layout (PDF)

Articles

• Ghosts of Classrooms Past: A Web Teaching Tool Languishes-New York Times
  Membership is required to view this site.
  
• Plan It. Design It. Build It. Put Your Web Site To Work-Technology and Learning Magazine
• Web Building Made Easy-Technology and Learning Magazine
  

Web Publishing

• Class Homepage Builder - Scholastic
• Internet Solutions - School District Sites
  
• My School Online - Learning Network
• Echalk
• Blue Wrench – A Landmark Project
  

Educational Content

• Web Lessons are online lessons and activities for students.
  • Life Cycles Of Living Things
    http://lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/teacher/LTPM/lifecycles.html
• Learning Webs are thematic web sites used by students.
  • Discover The Wonders of Ancient Egypt
    http://www.lakelandschools.org/Museum/lobby.html
• Class Webs are web sites for individual classrooms.
  
  • Mrs. McGowan's First Grade
    http://mrsmcgowan.com/
    
• Web Quests are inquiry based online activities.
  • Space Survival Challenge
    http://lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/lesliediff/space.htm
• Westward Expansion
  http://lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Integration/quest/home.htm
• Student Webs are web pages created by students.
• Quarter Craze
  http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212420/
• Educational Resources are pages created to assist educators.
  
  • New Teacher Institute: Effective Instructional Technology Applications
    http://lakelandschools.org/edtech/ResourcePages/newteacher.htm
• Online projects are collaborative Internet projects.
  • Seasonal Changes
    http://lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Seasons/home.htm
  • On The Job Math http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/OnTheJobMath/onthejobmath.htm
    
• Scavenger Hunts are directed online search projects in a specific content area.
• Owl Scavenger Hunt
  http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/OwlsScav/owls.htm
  
• Tutorials provide instruction on software and applications.
  • Technology Tutorials found on the Web
    http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm

More Help

• Put Your School On The Web - Webquest - a great place to start
  
• Some Ideas for Creating Good School Web Pages
• Web Site Advisor's Guide

Books

• K-12 Web Pages: Planning & Publishing Excellent School Web Sites (Professional Growth Series) By: Debra Kay Logan, Cynthia Beuselinck
  
• Building a School Web Site : A Hands-on Project for Teachers and Kids (For Beginners)
  By: by Wanda Wigglebits
  

Please let me know your thoughts! rcarcova@lakelandschools.org