Doing More With Your Website Liz Niederberger, Zumu Software

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Overview What information should I have on my website? Improving Home/School Communication Cool Stuff to Include for Classes Where do I find this cool stuff? Questions/Comments/Examples

What Information Should I Have on My Website? Basic introductory information about yourself. How long you’ve been teaching Your credentials (school, specialization, additional certifications, etc.) Previous teaching experience Hobbies, interests, etc. Grades and classes you teach

What Information Should I Have on My Website? (con’t) Class Information Class Expectations Class Syllabus Class Outline Class Goals Class Calendar Rubrics Used

What Information Should I Have on My Website? (con’t) Contact Information Preferred Contact Method School Email Address Phone Number, extension, voice mail box Notes sent to school How to schedule a meeting Date of Last Update for most pages Remove any unused sections

Improving Home/School Communication Send a monthly newletter to all your parents Post the newsletter on your website Sharing samples of work with parents Place a counter on your page and measure your results

Improving Home/School Communication (con’t) Use tools to create rubrics and share them with students and parents. Let them know what your expectations are and how their students can meet these expectations.

Cool Stuff to Include for Classes Link to text book (if online) Specific pages for each area (e.g., Native American, Colonial History, NJ History, Multiplication, Division, etc.) Show examples of pages from Metuchen Links to drills or additional information Math drills Spelling words Specialized puzzles Site that provide additional information

Where Do I Find This Cool Stuff? Google is your best friend. Search Images Video Google Earth Google Word Processor Google Blogs

Where Do I Find This Cool Stuff? (con’t) Videos to share Discovery Nova Science Now United Streaming Atomic Learning Tech4Learning (website, rubrics, blender, etc.) Blogs (free blogs available)

Do Not Reinvent the Wheel! There are resources available for almost anything you are teaching. As a teacher, you are competing against lots of other factors for your student’s attention. Utilize the tools that are out there. Utilize other schools library and media center resources.

Do Not Reinvent the Wheel! (con’t) Use the web to help provide information for all learning types Audio books, online books (International Children’s Library) Visual - Auditory - Tactile/Kinesthetic Find lesson plans that match your teaching style Find other teacher web pages for your grade/subject

Questions Comments Examples

Links International Children’s Library Discovery Education Discovery School Tech4Learning Rubric Builder Edutopia – Site and Magazine United Streaming Atomic Learning Mr. Fitzgibbon’s Site http://www.icdlbooks.org/ http://education.discovery.com/ http://school.discovery.com/ http://www.tech4learning.com/ http://landmark-project.com/ classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php http://www.edutopia.org/ http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ http://www.atomiclearning.com http://metuchenschools.org/metuchen/ Campbell%20Elementary%20School/ Teachers%27%20Websites/Mr%20Fitzgibbon

Free Blogs Blogger BlogEasy Word Press Blog.com www.blogger.com www.blogeasy.com www.wordpress.com www.blog.com

Other Free Stuff LibriVox FreeClassicAudioBooks AudioBooksForFree Puzzle Maker Google Docs http://librivox.org/ http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/ http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/screen_main.asp http://www.edhelper.com/puzzles.htm https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&ltmpl=WR_tmp_2_lfty&nui=1