1. Paradigm Shift: Designing Teacher Websites Paradigm Shift: Designing Teacher Websites Mara Alagic Mara Alagic

2. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC2 Paradigm Shift: Designing Teacher Websites n Learners n Teacher’s Website: What goes online? n Web pages n Action

3. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC3 Paradigm Shift: Learners Paradigm Shift: Learners n Student n Learning is more personalized. n It is the student who is accountable for mastery. n Parent n Teacher n Staff

4. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC4 Paradigm Shift: Learners Paradigm Shift: Learners n Student n Parent n Informed n Able to ask questions n Teacher n Staff

5. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC5 Paradigm Shift: Learners Paradigm Shift: Learners n Student n Parent n Teacher n Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer probably should be. n The role of the teacher shifts dramatically in an online environment: Teacher is no longer primary source of information. n Staff

6. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC6 Paradigm Shift: Learners Paradigm Shift: Learners n Student n Parent n Teacher n Staff

7. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC7 Teacher Web Site: What Goes Online? n Maps: Syllabus n Calendar n Links to curriculum objectives n Course expectations/Policies n Academic requirements n Tools n Skills n Ideas

8. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC8 Teacher Web Site: What Goes Online? n Maps n Tools: Curriculum Resources n Textbook n State/District curriculum n Online texts and content n Supplemental/Enrichment n Skills n Ideas

9. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC9 Teacher Web Site: What Goes Online? n Maps n Tools n Skills: Activities n Graphic Organizers n Projects and Papers n Experiments n Multimedia Devices n Adaptive learning ideas n Ideas

10. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC10 Teacher Web Site: What Goes Online? n Maps n Tools n Skills n Ideas: Academic Content n Notes from textbooks/class n Study guides n Discussion groups/Threads n Assessment

11. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC11 Static & Dynamic Web Pages n If a web page is static the content remains relevant regardless of time. –E-texts of history of mathematics –Pascal’s triangle –A set of questions n If a web page is dynamic, it requires frequent maintenance (some of which can be automated). –Calendar, announcements –Problem of the Week –Problem of the Day –Journal Topic for Today

12. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC12 Passive versus Interactive Web Pages n If a web page is passive the content offers information but it does not give an opportunity for interaction. n Examples: –... n If a web page is interactive, it requires an action from the user, either on-line (dynamic interactive) or off-line. n Examples: –...

13. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC13 Action: Develop a Web Site to Support Your Course n Identify set of documents that you regularly distribute in your classroom. Having these documents online may be your first step. n Consider how your classroom is organized: course materials, activities, assessment,... n Design model based on the teacher’s organizational style is especially helpful to students.

14. JUNE 2000MARA ALAGIC14 Action: A Curriculum Management Model Putting your curriculum online is a great first step when designing a teacher web- site. It may be just a “cut and paste” job. Make a link! Or, give a credit. Putting your curriculum online is a great first step when designing a teacher web- site. It may be just a “cut and paste” job. Make a link! Or, give a credit. LONG TERM GOAL: To link daily activities to specific curriculum objectives.

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