Creating Classroom Web Pages

 
 

by Diane Lauer
Conrad Ball Middle School
Loveland, CO
 



Top 10 Reasons to Have a Classroom Web Page

http://www.kinderart.com/teachers/webpage.htm
 



Purposes of Web Sites

Every Web site should have a purpose.  Knowing your Web site purpose keeps you focused.


Examples of Web Sites

 Teacher Pages
(may include information-based 
and inquiry-based)

 Information-Based
Web Pages

 Inquiry-Based 
Web Pages

Mrs. Griffin's Kindergarten

Mr. Sprecken's Classroom

Mrs. Bogucki's 2nd Grade

Mrs. McNeely's 4th Grade

Ken Baxter's Science Page

Mrs. Smith's English Page

Camelot Elementary Rm 106

Profit's Biology Home Page

5th Grade Sci-Ber Science

Dino-Mania

Roosevelt Jr. High

High Plains

 

Our Town - Loveland

Falcon Book Review

EcoQuest Virtual Field Trip

Colonial America - 3rd Grade

Westward Expansion

Animal Tracks Stories

The Study of Flight

Mr. Riley's Student Showcase

Journey through a Rain Forest

Ocean Unit
 

Inventor Scavenger Hunt

Holes - Literary LearningQuest

A Quest for Respect, with The Grouchy Ladybug

Yellowstone Wolf Project

The Pilgrim Life Adventure

Genetic Engineering Project

King Tut - Was it Murder?

Hatchet - Literary LearningQuest

Global Warming

Tropical Rainforests

Nuclear Power in Seaside

Teacher Created Web Sites
Student Created Web Sites
Professionally Created Web Sites


Tools for Creating Web Pages

 Web Page
Creation Tools

 Graphics &
Clip Art

 Models
& Resources

Netscape Composer
It's free and easy to use on both the Mac and PC platform. Here's an easy-to-understand Cheat Sheet that I created. It is a PDF document so you must have Adobe Acrobat to read it.

Filamentality
A fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through creating a hotlist, scrapbook, scavenger hunt, subject sampler or WebQuest. Teacher's Guide.

MySchoolOnline
Create your own classroom page using their fill-in-the-blank forms, no web-editing knowledge needed. Sample page.

Lissa Explains A great site written by a student, to teach other students how to write HTML.

Fetch Cheap FTP (file transfer protocol) for Mac's.

GeoCities Another free web hosting site with easy web design tools for you to use. Here is information on uploading your files.

Tripod This site will give you free web space to host your site. However, there is mandatory advertising, and some of it may not be appropriate for students. You can also try their free web editing tools for PC users. 

Web Graphics Oswego School District's super index for graphic sources.

School Clips My index of great graphics for school web pages.

School Images Gallery Hoxie High School's own collection, many available from a variety of academic subjects.

CoolText Make great looking logos and textual graphics online, free and easy.

ClipArtConnection
a virtual warehouse of royalty free clip art.

Graphics for Teacher Home Pages
Lots of good clip art for educational Web sites.

AnimationFactory
Download or make your own animated gifs.

Phyllis's Backgrounds and Alphabets An eclectic collection of nice graphics.

Ditto A super image search engine, however - these images are NOT copyright free. You must ask permission to use if you intend to upload your web site. 

Planning a Web Site (pdf) A very basic look at web site planning.

Creating Simple Web Pages for Teachers A comprehensive tutorial that is easy to understand.

Creating Web-Based Lessons Excellent resources, model projects, links, templates, and rubrics for evaluating student-created scavenger hunts, subeject samplers, and WebQuests.

Surfette's Pages
for Teachers Links to graphics, Netscape Composer tutorials, and more!

Web Tools Oswego School District's helpful index of tools for any Webmaster wannabe.

ThinkQuest The premiere site for promoting student-created Web pages. Check out ThinkQuest Junior for K-6 grades.

The WebQuest Page Bernie Dodge, the creator's own Web page about WebQuests. See examples, use his templates, and other training materials.

Web Teacher A comprehensive guide for building Web sites.

 

This Web Page was designed by Diane Lauer - Thompson School District, be used with K-12 teachers. Please feel free to use for nonprofit purposes
Web site created: November 1, 2000.
Last Update: November 4, 2000.

Web Page Address: http://www.geocities.com/mrslauer/webdesign.html