The “Perfect” Elementary School Web Site Sherry Lugone Computer Tech Minden Elementary School

The “Perfect” Web Site: Welcome Where are you from? What grade/subject do you teach? Do you have a web site? Does your school have a web site? Are you the web master?

The “Perfect” Web Site: A Little About Me Working with kids & computers for over 20 years Began as a LOGO convert At M.E.S. for 10 years Love the way the job changes Created M.E.S. web site about 5 years ago with Netscape Composer

The “Perfect” Web Site: Design Professional appearance Looks like an elementary site No spelling errors All links functional Pages load within seconds Easy to navigate

The “Perfect” Web Site: Showcases School Photograph of school School mascot School motto Link to map of school’s location School colors

The “Perfect” Web Site: Communication About Us Principal’s Message Parent Group Staff Cafeteria Calendar Library

The “Perfect” Web Site: Communication link to report attendance link for principal link for secretaries PDF versions of parent newsletters Link to district web site link for webmaster

The “Perfect” Web Site: Computer Lab Tour of the Lab What We Learn MicroWorlds and GeoLogo North Star Clip Art

The “Perfect” Web Site: Bookmarked Web Sites New Web Sites Favorite Web Sites Teacher Tools

Intermission— Get Up & Stretch! Questions?

The “Perfect” Web Site: Bookmarked Web Sites Web Sites for Grade Level Themes

The “Perfect” Web Site: Why Bookmark Sites? Teachers can pre-screen content Grade-appropriate vocabulary Accurate information Time-saver—gets kids to site faster Accessible library of sites Available to students at home

The “Perfect” Web Site: Search Engines Yahooligans Google Used primarily with 5 th & 6 th grades

The end is in sight! Questions?

The “Perfect” Web Site: Top 3 Goals The top 3 goals for our web site: Showcase for School Communication Tool Curriculum Connections

Playtime—try out some of the fun sites! By all means, make a snowflake! What did you see that you can use?