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Do More With Your Do More With Your School Website!School Website!
Delaware Instructional Delaware Instructional Technology ConferenceTechnology Conference
April 14, 2005April 14, 2005
Liz Niederberger
Zumu Software
OverviewOverview Does you website meet the needs of your
school community? What’s the core information that must be
posted on a school website? What are your website goals? What is your website’s potential? What tools and resources are available to
create school websites?
Does you website meet the needs Does you website meet the needs of your school community?of your school community?
Up-to-Date Information Information for each school Administration Teachers Students Parents Other Community Members
What core information that must be What core information that must be posted on a school website?posted on a school website?
Addresses and Phone Number for each school Administration Information School Board Information Hours of Operation Dates of Operation Staff Listings
What are your website goals?What are your website goals?
Great looking website Wide range of useful content Always up-to-date with fresh material Embedded mini-apps that help run the school That parents, students, teachers, administrators
really use! A site that generates compliments
Wide Range of ContentWide Range of ContentCalendars
Curriculum Guides
Photos
Student Handbooks
Staff Listings
Forms
Contact Information
Agendas
Notices
Student Projects
Job Postings
Teacher Pages
Lunch Calendars
Snow Pages
Announcement Boards
Sports Info
Directions
Surveys
Board Information
Lesson Plans
Newsletters
Bus Schedules
Up-to-DateUp-to-Date
Snow Pages Current Events - Sports Results, Science
Fairs, Visitors to the School Awards - students, school, teachers, etc. Refrigerator Example
Mini-AppsMini-Apps
Lesson Plans Calendars - Building/Room Use Leave Request Trouble Reporting Digital Lockers Safe Mail
What is your website’s What is your website’s potential?potential?
Budget Time Expertise Computer Resouces Administration Commitment
Who will do the updates? What software will be used to do the
updates?
What tools and resources are What tools and resources are available to create school available to create school
websites?websites?
Webmaster (one for entire district) School Webmaster (one for district offices,
one for each school) School Webmaster with teachers doing their
own pages Overall Administrative Web Editor
(district-wide) with teachers and staff member updating their own sections
Who will do the updates? Who will do the updates?
Hand coded HTML Microsoft Frontpage Adobe GoLive Macromedia Dreamweaver Macromedia Contribute
What software will be used to What software will be used to do the updates? do the updates?
Technology & Learning, March 15, 2005http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60407742
Web-based content mangement software.
Benefits:
Another OptionAnother Option
• No hassels with server software upgrades• Everyone can update their own sections of the website • Lots of people update the site, no waiting for one person • Consistent look and feel throughout the site• Easier to get information on-line in a timely manner• Information can be updated from almost anywhere
Developed specifically for schools Easy to use Permission based logins Flexible looks and structures Support for all users
What features do I need?What features do I need?
FeaturesFeatures
Announcement BoardsAnnouncement Boards
District Wide Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools
CalendarsCalendars
District Calendars Lunch Calendars School Calendars Sports Calendars Building/Room Usage
Calendars Linked Calendars
Snow PagesSnow Pages
Image GalleriesImage Galleries
Teacher PagesTeacher Pages
Lesson PlansLesson Plans
Fun SurveysFun Surveys
FormsForms Technology Surveys Trouble Reporting Contact Forms Personnel Forms Alumni Forms
Event BoxesEvent Boxes
File SharingFile Sharing
Teachers Students Administrators Board Members
Link to Other ApplicationsLink to Other Applications
E-mail CITRIX ClassLink Most other applications
Important!Important!
No matter what your website looks like, if you don’t have fresh, new, up-to-date content; no one will look at it!
If you keep things current, people will use your site; no matter how it looks.