ARTICLE: The Classroom Web Page: A Must-Have in 2008 Moulton, 2008
CLASSROOM & SCHOOL EXAMPLES
Mrs. Bunyi's Class (4th Grade)
Mr. Leahy's Class (4th Grade)
Mr. S. Smith's 5th Grade
Mr. Green's Home Page (Secondary - Science)
Mr. Jeffery Web Page (Secondary - English)
Sierra Vista Middle School (PE)
Lake Washington Kangs
Juanita High School
CREATING WEB SITES
USING A TEMPLATE OR WIZARD LOCATED ON ONLINE SITE (usually hosted by site)
Weebly
Example: Miss Chan
Weebly for Education
Webs (formally Free webs)
Example: Meghan H
Google Sites hosted by Google
Example: Mrs. Richau
Teacher Web (free 30 day trial)
Bravenet
CLASSROOM & SCHOOL EXAMPLES
Mrs. Bunyi's Class (4th Grade)
Mr. Leahy's Class (4th Grade)
Mr. S. Smith's 5th Grade
Mr. Green's Home Page (Secondary - Science)
Mr. Jeffery Web Page (Secondary - English)
Sierra Vista Middle School (PE)
Lake Washington Kangs
Juanita High School
CREATING WEB SITES
USING A TEMPLATE OR WIZARD LOCATED ON ONLINE SITE (usually hosted by site)
Weebly
Example: Miss Chan
Weebly for Education
Webs (formally Free webs)
Example: Meghan H
Google Sites hosted by Google
Example: Mrs. Richau
Teacher Web (free 30 day trial)
Bravenet
USING HTML CODE (a web host is needed)
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is used to create web pages using a text editor such as Notepad or SimpleText (Mac) or word processing. XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language) is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML. Using XHTML guidelines will guarantee that your web page will "work" in all web browsers.
USING A HTML OR WYSIWYG EDITOR (a web host is needed)
CoffeeCup Software provides a HTML editor and 31 additional programs. The one-time purchase comes with free upgrades and support for life. Free web design software is also available. See CoffeeCup's offer for "Free Software for Schools".
Microsoft Office Live Basics provides free domain name and web hosting
Dreamweaver is one of the leading web development tools. A free 30 day trial is available. Cost for Dreamweaver CS4: Full $399, Education version $199. See Dreamweaver CS4 Featured Tour for details regarding design tools and best practices.
OPTIONS FOR HOSTING WEB SITES & OBTAINING DOMAIN NAMES
Companies such as Lunarpages provide a place to host a web site starting at $6.95 per month. Lunarpages provides a domain as part of their package and CoffeeCup web design software is now part of their package for subscribers
A FEW RESOURCES
HTML Goodies - Introduction to HTML
W3 Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials (free)
Using Google Docs to add a form to your website
updated 2/2010
