Course Description:
During course you will create your own Teacher Website. Your Teacher Website can be an important communication tool for your parents who have access to the Internet. It is also a valuable building communication tool. You can use it to store and share your emergency plans, your lesson plans, and share them with your principal. . You may start and finish this course at any time during the current school year.
When you sign up for this course, you will need to schedule a time to meet with me at the Southside lab for an 2 hour Orientation session. If possible, I will try to schedule small groups at a time for this orientation. The orientation is to familiarize you with the software we will be using in this course.
The course is designed to last about eight weeks. You proceed at your own pace. Some of your will complete the course is less time. Some of you will require more time. You will receive X recertification points when you complete the course.
Week 1: In-Person Orientation: Learning to use the online course environment.
- Introduction to Front Page.
- Introduction to FTP
- Introduction to Blackboard
- Post an introduction to the Discussion Board.
Week 1: At Home Orientation: Learning to use the online course environment.
- Take an online survey.
- Explore Teacher websites.
- Use the discussion board to explain what you found.
Week 2: Make your Homepage.
- Introduction to Front Page.
- Create your Teacher homepage in front page.
- Include your contact information on the page.
- Add your picture to the page.
- Add a link to the DCPS site and the school site. Sign your page.
- Upload and test your homepage. Be sure your picture and all links work.
- Upload your homepage to the discussion board.
- Search for teacher websites on provided links.
- Comment on your findings on the Discussion Board.
Week 3: Add your SOLs to your web site.
- Visit Virginia's PEN and locate the SOLs for your subject/s or grade level. Download the Word version to your computer.
- Start a new page in Front Page. Copy and Paste your SOLs to the page. Add a title and a graphic or clip art. Sign the page.
- Edit your Teacher homepage to include the link to your SOL page.
- Upload and test your new page and your edited homepage.
- Share your website address on the Discussion Board.
- Search for teacher websites on your choice of links. Use search engine of choice.
- Comment on your findings on the Discussion Board.
Week 4: Add a lesson plan page to your website.
- Start a new page in Front Page.
- Insert a table. Enter your plans for a week.
- Edit your Teacher homepage to include the link to your Lesson Plan for Dates
- Upload and test your new page and your edited homepage.
- Share your weekly lesson plan on the discussion board.
- Search for teacher websites.
- Comment on your finding on the Discussion Board.
Week 5: Add your Emergency Plans to your website.
- Start a new page in Front Page.
- Insert a table for your Emergency Substitute Lesson Plan.
- Insert a table to make a seating chart. Skip a few lines.
- Below the tables, key in special instructions for children, meds, days, etc.
- Edit, Upload and test your new page and homepage.
- Share your substitute plans on the Discussion Board.
- Share your website with your principal.
- Search for teacher websites.
- Comment on your findings on the Discussion Board.
Week 6: Add Emergency Materials to your website.
- Collect worksheets needed for the Emergency Plans.
- Starte a new page in Front page, and make a page for each worksheet. Worksheets can be scanned or keyed in. Title and credit the source of the worksheet at the bottom of the page. Add the links to your homepage.
- Edit, Upload and test your new pages and your homepage.
- Share your substitute materials on the Discussion Board.
- Share your website with your department colleagues.
Week 7: Add a Homework and Projects Calendar to your website.
- Start a new page in Front Page.
- Insert a six tables for six weeks' homework assignments and project due dates, one week per table. Add the link to your homepage.
- Edit, Upload and test your new pages and your homepage.
- Share your homework page on the discussion board.
- Share your webite with your students and parents.
- Comment on how useful this will be for you and your students.
Week 8: Going Public.
- Publish your address!
- Give to Tech Coach.
- Announce it on the school-wide e-mail list.
- Save in Favorite in all classroom computers.
- Print out your address and give to visiting parents.
- Print a copy of the site to keep in your room in case all else fails.
- Discuss your Teacher website with colleagues on the Discussion Board.
- Comments on classmates final sites.
Page created on July 9, 2002. Anne Pemberton. Updated July 9, 2002. AP