Squeaky Clean Website

1
Squeaky Clean Website
Getting parents and community members excited
about the school website

• Lane D. Rankin
• CSUSB, Tech-ed

2
Introduction

• Who?
• Lane
• Why?
• Websites
• What?
• Presentation

3
Internet Use

• 78 of students 2 - 17 live in a home with
  internet access
• Low income groups fast growing sector
• connected to the future report, CPB

4
School or Classroom Website

• Goals
• What Information?
• How will we communicate that?
• Design aspects
• How?

5
Goals

• School
• Contact info
• Calendar
• Student Work
• Scores
• SARC
• Communication, questions, brainstorms, calls
• Classroom
• Student work
• Calendar
• Contact info
• Scores
• Assignments
• Rubrics

6
What Information?

• Information to motivate parents, community
• Instructional objectives
• Resources for parents, community
• FAQs
• Gather data
• Communication

7
Design Aspects

• White space http//www.rialto.k12.ca.us/
• Small chunks of text http//lincolnhighsanjose.org
  /
• Information that can be scanned quickly
  http//www.pausd.palo-alto.ca.us/addison/
• Menu items http//tepd.ucop.edu
• Tell your story quickly, first few inches of the
  page (reason to scroll) http//www.pylusd.k12.ca.u
  s/
• More

8
How

• Do it yourself
• Front Page, DreamWeaver, Golive, Bbedit, Homesite
• Dynamic
• Blue Wrench
• TeacherWeb, Myschoolonline, Scholastic, AOL
• Others