K-12 Classroom Web Pages
by
Gina Otto

WEB SITE DESIGN TRAINING & CLASSROOM

Does the site:

Have a purpose?  Support the curriculum?	Answer frequently asked questions?	Load fast?
Facilitate communication with parents and teachers?	Have simple backgrounds? Have graphics that serve a purpose?	Have current information?
Describe classroom activities?/Showcase student work?  Help students learn?	Use original art/free clip art?	Have good grammar and spelling?
Give the viewer choices?  (Is it interactive?)	Have a title for each page?  Have consistent navigational tools?  Does everything link back and forth?	Have sound files or movies that take so long to load and which irritate the viewer?
Have color scheme/visual themes carried out throughout the site?	Have the most important information above the fold (before scrolling)	Say "Under Construction"?

 1. KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/yp/iypabout.html
 2.  FHN Teacher Webpage Workshop -http://members.aol.com/__121b_Z4Wshr6y3/4yx/wliQFN5wT7L2hfbYuxDfYm+35H2A2+gktGRnuKLw==
 3.  KIDBIBS Learning Tips -http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt48.htm
 4.  Lissa Explains It All - http://www.lissaexplains.com/
 5.  Webpages for schools - http://www.teachersfirst.com/techtopics.htm
 6.  What's new with HTML - http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/present/index.html
 7.  WEBQUEST FOR MAKING WEB PAGES - http://academic.emporia.edu/smithwil/wqgen.html
 8.  Other Clip Art links - clipartgraphics.html#clip

Abraham Lincoln from Tammy Payton http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/index.html
The Apple Barrell - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/5557/
Bellingham Public Schools - http://www.bham.wednet.edu/technology/webdesign1/index.htm
Candler's Kids - http://www.eemes.ccs.k12.nc.us/Candler/
Hatching Emus - 2nd grade  http://mercury.siec.k12.in.us/west/proj/emu/index.html
Mrs. McGowan's First Grade Class - http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/
MRS PROCTOR'S SCHOOLPAGE  - http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/lessons/
Early childhood and Elementary school teachers will love the web-based activities linked to this page. Students access different age-appropriate websites to gather information about animals, apples, spiders, and ecosystems. In addition, there are links to webquests for Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Santiago Middle School Home Page http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/santiago/
Sites to See From Loogootee - http://www.loogootee.k12.in.us/west/
Teachers' Websites - http://www.bibliocat.org/
 Links to elementary school sites (especially first grade).

WEB PUBLISHING CURRICULUM RESOURCES - http://libweb.uoregon.edu/cet/web/web_publish.html
For web page design, or if you just want to get that image placed just so on a page, this is a great resource for you. Workshop outlines, resources, and guidelines for good practice are included.

WEB PAGES DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES - http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/resourcetools/pagedevelopment.htm
Wonderful links to all types of information for web site development from Orange Unified School District.
 
 

HTML: AN INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL  - http://davesite.com/webstation/html/
Through the use of text input forms, the interactive tutorial allows you to test your new found HTML skills within your browser, without having to create files in a separate text editor. To take advantage of this interactivity you will need at least version 2.0 of either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. This complete tutorial will take you from ground zero (what is HTML?) to uploading your page to the Net.  Advanced topics such as adding sound and using frames are covered in a separate section.

HTML GOODIES: THE BASICS - http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html
Seven tutorials for seven days.  When you complete The Basics,  you're awarded a diploma, and can progress to primers on image maps, buttons, forms, or any of the dozens of HTML Goodies topics. HTML tags (you know those commands that start with "<" and end with ">") are called flags.

LEARNING HTML FOR KIDS - http://www.goodellgroup.com/tutorial/
This  guide to HTML covers all the basics in twelve chapters and two reviews.  Because many HTML students, after learning the tags for text, graphics and links, get stuck when they get to tables, there are two chapters about HTML tables, and they are excellent.

WEB MONKEY FOR KIDS - http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/kids/
"Ready to make your own Web site and send your weird ideas out into the world? Then you're in the right place." These lessons take you from basics to fun (guestbooks, counters and animated graphics included). After the lessons, there are projects such as a slide show or a birthday invitation. There are lesson plans and teachers and in Tools there is a guide to free downloadable utilities.
 
 

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Last Updated August, 2007
 

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