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Web
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Creating
a web page is easy with these tools. Take a look at some of these to
decide if one is right for you. If none of these fit your style, visit
your favorite search engine and look for one you like better.
Free
- NiceNet.org
- Advertisement-free, and protected behind a password, Nicenet has
a calendar feature, a conference feature, and a link sharing feature.
- Think.com
- Sponsored by Oracle Corporation, Think.com lets teachers post
homework and announcements and use protected email and discussion
boards to work with their students. Even students can create web
sites to showcase class projects. Be sure to take
the Teacher Tour to learn more.
- Assign-A-Day
- Create a free assignment calendar to help students keep track
of their assignments.
- Blogging
is all the rage these days. In fact, Merriam-Webster announced "blog"
as the Word of the Year for 2004. Take a look at Blogger
- a free, easy-to-use blog. Interested community members must either
visit your blog or subscribe to your blog's feed. (If they're geeky
enough to be reading feeds, they'll know how to get yours.)
- Find
out How
Blogs Work. This link will help you set up a free Blogger
account.
- One
of the easiest ways to read blog feeds is through Bloglines.
(It's how I do it). Find
out how.
Inexpensive
- ClassWebs.net
- Built especially for teachers, ClassWebs lets you create web pages
for your classes, a special page for parents, and post a photo gallery.
Be sure to look at their sample website for an idea of what is possible.
Cost is only $25/year.
- TeacherWeb
- Pick a template, click on a graphic, fill in a form, and you're
done. Post homework, post a quiz, put up a calendar, announce homework,
send out a news flash. Visit a sample
web site showcasing each kind of page. Free 30-day trial available
to teachers. Annual cost is $25.00.
- QUIA
- An acronym for quintessential instructional archive, QUIA offers
teachers a small web site and the opportunity to create interactive
puzzles and surveys for students and parents. Visit a QUIA
page a colleague of mine made. Annual cost is $50.00.
Examples
Take
a look at some of these websites for inspiration. You can do many
of the same things with the tools on this page.
- Mrs.
Renz' 4th grade class - Homework, photos, class projects,
student work, and more.
- MrMayo.org
is home for a first year middle school teacher and his students.
Even his students are blogging.
- FerrellWeb
- Interesting high school English teacher's website. Blogs, quizzes,
games, discussion forum, and homework help. Built using a blog
tool.
- Becky's
site
- Included merely to show you I practice what I preach.
Want
even more cool tools?
- BackFlip
is one of several free tools that allows you to save your bookmarks
online. Be sure to visit my
public bookmarks for other nifty tools. If I have time, I'll
try to keep updating the list as I find more tools.
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