ISTC 301 Standards Web Design & Development

Teaching with Tech Standards “The digital-age teaching professional must demonstrate a vision of technology infusion and develop the technology skills of others. These are the hallmarks of the new education leader (Knezek, 2008).” Guidelines for teachers: skills & attitudes  National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)  Maryland Teacher Technology Standards (MTTS) Demonstrate standards alignment in PTE and portfolio

MTTS Group Activity Review your groups’ assigned standard, then present the standard and share an example activity that may be implemented in the classroom as evidence of meeting the standard. Be specific about the pedagogical goal and the technology used to address it.

Online Portfolio Project Rubric Content (see below) - 60 points Web design (readable, professional, navigable, correct grammar and spelling) - 10 points A complete online portfolio should include a page for each of the following components (60 points):  An introduction page with name, professional info, and picture (examples here and here)  Inspiration web  Summary of and link to learning theories project  Content software evaluation project (summary of findings; links to BCPS rubric and PowerPoint presentation)  Assistive technology screenshot of alt tag in SharePoint  Blogging & Web 2.0 (screenshot of blog post and link to blog post)  Digital storytelling (brief description of story; picture from story; screenshot of video)  Practical teaching experience (links to lesson plan, presentation, reflection)  Reflection: review and reflect upon the views on classroom technology use blog post that you wrote at the beginning of the semester. In addition, for each of these components you must identify one or two of the MTTS and briefly discuss how you see your work (both your thinking, and the product) on the project as being representative of the outcome prescribed within the standard.

Web Design Guidelines: User-centered design Who is your audience? Good structure and organization Clear, consistent, and easy navigation Simple, clean design  Readability: be wary of color choices! Professional  Proofread!

Web Page Development with SharePoint Create root portfolio folder  Everything for website goes in folder! Connect to WWW folder on Tiger  \\tiger\yourusername\WWW Naming conventions  Folder name & document name must have NO spaces, punctuation, funny characters like Create home page  Save as index.html  Name, professional info, and picture

Web Page Development Text Images .jpg &.gif only  Clip art  From file  Resize Colors o Background, text, and links Links  External  Internal: link to inspiration.html & create consistent navigation within site

Web Page Development Using tables for layout & design Preview in browser Check your site 

Online Portfolio Development Create a new page for each portfolio component (i.e., inspiration.html) - see rubric for list of components. Save into portfolio folder! Update internal navigation as you go so that users can find their way around your site See wiki for project details