1. Doing More With Your Website
Liz Niederberger, Zumu Software

2. Introduction Liz Niederberger Zumu Software Experience
Contact Information

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. What Information Should I Have on My Website? (con’t)
Contact Information
Preferred Contact Method
School 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

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

11. 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)

12. 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.

13. 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

14. Questions Comments Examples

15. Links International Children’s Library Discovery Education
Discovery School
Tech4Learning
Rubric Builder
Edutopia – Site and Magazine
United Streaming
Atomic Learning
Mr. Fitzgibbon’s Site
classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php
Campbell%20Elementary%20School/
Teachers%27%20Websites/Mr%20Fitzgibbon

16. Free Blogs Blogger BlogEasy Word Press Blog.com www.blogger.com

17. Other Free Stuff LibriVox FreeClassicAudioBooks AudioBooksForFree
Puzzle Maker
Google Docs