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

3. 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?

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Intermission— Get Up & Stretch! Questions?

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

14. 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

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

16. The end is in sight! Questions?

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

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