Assistance with Website creation project: EDTC 600 Classroom Website Checklist (This information is summarized from the Classroom Website Assignment.

Assistance with Website creation project:

EDTC    600    Classroom    Website    Checklist        

(This    information    is    summarized    from    the    Classroom    Website    Assignment.        Please    see    the    assignment    for    more    details—or    ask!)        

Website        

Include all the following elements and ensure that each serves a clear purpose:        

Content dictated by grade level and subject area for multiple audiences—parents, students, and possibly community.

Useful, important information, in various formats, that helps students meet learning objectives)

Multiple pages, including home page

Multiple types of useful information to enhance student learning

Color Images (at least 3)

Clearly worded text

Active annotated links  ( hyperlinks that include the name of the site and a brief description of what is found there),

Navigation bar on each page

A page with information about you as a teacher

Overall:        

Represent who you are as a teacher (include bio, photo;  share teaching philosophy.)     

User-friendly, visually inviting, well-organized site.      

Accurate citation/copyright information for all images and text, with use of quotation marks whenever text is directly quoted.    

Clear and appropriate language. (Proofread for mechanics!)        

Help parents help students meet learning objectives, either directly or indirectly.        

Essay:        

Analysis and reflection on your Classroom Website should be combined in a single essay, with an appropriate introduction and conclusion and strong organization.        

Analysis:            

o  Goals and Rationale:

o  Explain your goals for the Website, and how your Website was designed to fulfill those

goals. For example, why did you include what you did in your Website?

o  How did you meet the needs of your multiple audiences?

o  How does the site represent who you are as a teacher (e.g., refer to brief biography, how

you make your philosophy evident by what you include in the site).

o  How does the website help students to meet learning objectives, either directly or indirectly, as well as to explore and be creative.

o  What kind of design decisions did you make and why? How did you respond to the peer reviews? If you had created a classroom Website before taking this class, what were your Website's strengths and weaknesses before and why did you make the changes and additions you did?)

o  Advancement of Student Learning: Explain how your Website will help to improve student learning in your discipline.