creating a web page - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T15:32:02Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/creating-a-web-page?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A367554&feed=yes&xn_auth=noweebly.com is great if you're…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-05:649749:Comment:3705452009-08-05T22:30:23.059ZKelliehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Kellie50
weebly.com is great if you're looking for a simple and free way to build a website
weebly.com is great if you're looking for a simple and free way to build a website Hi Kathy,
TabUP is wonderful…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-05:649749:Comment:3705142009-08-05T19:42:17.645ZSheila McCulloughhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SheilaMcCullough
Hi Kathy,<br />
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TabUP is wonderful, I agree! I've been playing around with it and am hoping to use it next year. What you've done looks great! How did you set up the link to your e-mail?<br />
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I connected to your link because I have an account, but I'm wondering something. When you invite students do they have to create their own account and dashboard to access your tabs? I know this may be an issue with getting it approved with the powers that be because then students can create tabs of their own, which…
Hi Kathy,<br />
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TabUP is wonderful, I agree! I've been playing around with it and am hoping to use it next year. What you've done looks great! How did you set up the link to your e-mail?<br />
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I connected to your link because I have an account, but I'm wondering something. When you invite students do they have to create their own account and dashboard to access your tabs? I know this may be an issue with getting it approved with the powers that be because then students can create tabs of their own, which gets a little sticky with administrators wanting close monitoring of content. Any thoughts about this?<br />
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I've gone a little overboard and created tabs for each subject. I'm also thinking this may be a good way to get more teachers to use technology and post info online. . .creating tabs for classrooms or grade levels. Most of it seems easy.<br />
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Thanks for sharing!<br />
Sheila Hi Linnell. I don't want to a…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-05:649749:Comment:3704692009-08-05T16:39:14.762Ztarak brahmihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/tarakbrahmi
Hi Linnell. I don't want to add further confusion but I agree with <i>Kim Trefz</i> that <b>blogger</b> is a good place to start. But, this doesn't mean the other suggestions are less important. We usually make a choice and stick with it, trying to get used to it gradually. One important thing to take into consideration is <b>the ability to add more widgets later</b> because you will need some as your blog grows. Blogger offers you that. I wrote a few posts about how to "tweek" one's blog for a…
Hi Linnell. I don't want to add further confusion but I agree with <i>Kim Trefz</i> that <b>blogger</b> is a good place to start. But, this doesn't mean the other suggestions are less important. We usually make a choice and stick with it, trying to get used to it gradually. One important thing to take into consideration is <b>the ability to add more widgets later</b> because you will need some as your blog grows. Blogger offers you that. I wrote a few posts about how to "tweek" one's blog for a better look and layout: they include links to nice websites that offer help, free templates, widgets, etc..<br />
As for the "coding" part, knowing some basic html and Css is not as difficult as it might sound: I added links to a few places that have great simple tutorials to follow. In fact, html and css will give you a <b>lot of control</b> over your page and will prove very useful in the long run. So, knowing them is really worth it. This is the <a href="http://tarakbr.blogspot.com/search/label/blog%20talk" target="_blank">link</a> to the posts I mentioned on my blog.<br />
If you need any help, please feel free to tell me. I use webs.com with my K-8 ki…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-05:649749:Comment:3703452009-08-05T10:58:19.188ZJack Hutchinsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JackHutchinson
I use webs.com with my K-8 kids and they love it. It's free, it's pretty safe, and they love adding youtube links, games, etc while building sites about social studies, or IT, or Jewish studies (Jewish day school) It was called freewebs.com until about a year ago. Tons of fun things and easy to learn. I have 1st graders using it to show off their sports trophies and pets.
I use webs.com with my K-8 kids and they love it. It's free, it's pretty safe, and they love adding youtube links, games, etc while building sites about social studies, or IT, or Jewish studies (Jewish day school) It was called freewebs.com until about a year ago. Tons of fun things and easy to learn. I have 1st graders using it to show off their sports trophies and pets. Shiela,
TabUp is a fantastic…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-05:649749:Comment:3703322009-08-05T07:52:05.595Zkathleennhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/kathleenn
Shiela,<br />
TabUp is a fantastic recommendation. What a great start page site for teachers and students. It has everything teachers want (widgets, privacy controls, booksmarks, calendar, RSS, mini blog(journal), notes, to-do). The file upload is a big bonus. Students and teachers can personalize the designs and add/share tabs.<br />
I set up a very basic test site....<a href="http://www.tabup.com/E_Central">http://www.tabup.com/E_Central</a> and…
Shiela,<br />
TabUp is a fantastic recommendation. What a great start page site for teachers and students. It has everything teachers want (widgets, privacy controls, booksmarks, calendar, RSS, mini blog(journal), notes, to-do). The file upload is a big bonus. Students and teachers can personalize the designs and add/share tabs.<br />
I set up a very basic test site....<a href="http://www.tabup.com/E_Central">http://www.tabup.com/E_Central</a> and <a href="http://www.tabup.com/Math">http://www.tabup.com/Math</a><br />
You can make each tab public or private and grant specific privileges for the tools (widgets). You can invite students individually or bulk upload from a file.<br />
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This is really a great choice for schools. Says it is in beta. Wonder what the cost will eventually be.<br />
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Kathy Wow, great questions! Wish my…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3698892009-08-03T23:23:15.663ZLinnell Gribblehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LinnellGribble
Wow, great questions! Wish my students did this! I am at 7th grade, so in a way things are easier to address. At this point, with 26% low and reduced income (I know this isn't very high compared to some of you), and not much in high tech in our school (though the district is working on it and I sit on that board!), I don't mandate anything technology unless we have whole class access to a tech room. I have taught technology for 2 years and I have never taken a tech class. The majority of the…
Wow, great questions! Wish my students did this! I am at 7th grade, so in a way things are easier to address. At this point, with 26% low and reduced income (I know this isn't very high compared to some of you), and not much in high tech in our school (though the district is working on it and I sit on that board!), I don't mandate anything technology unless we have whole class access to a tech room. I have taught technology for 2 years and I have never taken a tech class. The majority of the students have "MySpace" experience and don't get that texting is a language, not written English. The keyboarding skills are scary, but we just do it. I do a lot of peer work, students teaching, and "OK, figure this one out you guys." (they always like that). I find the remedial performing kids often surpass that regular work when given an opportunity to work on the computer. Also, in response to your question about kids without home access I make sure I am available about 2-3 days a week for after school help or access and that parents know. Broken computers on school site is my biggest complaint. I will manage the home page on the wiki.They will get their own and be able to comment. I will create the webpage and teach a small group to create their own. I will amnage the blog, but would like to purschase access for my studnets to do this by 2nd semester. I use Google Sites and find i…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3697862009-08-03T17:33:02.743ZDavid Andradehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DavidAndrade
I use Google Sites and find it very easy to use. The pages are not cluttered and the students have no problems accessing my site.<br />
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Here is my site for reference: <a href="http://www.physicsmedic.org">www.physicsmedic.org</a> (I registered the domain name with GoDaddy to have an easier site name for students to remember).<br />
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I also use Google's Blogger for each individual class as a more fluid tool to use. Check them out at…
I use Google Sites and find it very easy to use. The pages are not cluttered and the students have no problems accessing my site.<br />
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Here is my site for reference: <a href="http://www.physicsmedic.org">www.physicsmedic.org</a> (I registered the domain name with GoDaddy to have an easier site name for students to remember).<br />
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I also use Google's Blogger for each individual class as a more fluid tool to use. Check them out at <a href="http://mrandradesclasses.blogspot.com/">http://mrandradesclasses.blogspot.com/</a>. This blog is the start page for all of the class blogs. Just look to the menu on the right.<br />
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Dave<br />
<a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/">http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/</a> What do you want to create th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-07-26:649749:Comment:3675822009-07-26T06:38:42.746ZMeg Hhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MegH
What do you want to create the web page for - personal or professional (e.g. class site)? If it's a class site I'd say just use <a href="http://wikispaces.com" target="_blank">wikispaces</a> or <a href="http://pbworks.com" target="_blank">PBworks</a>, and I would also recommend Wordpress blogs for class sites, you can really extend Wordpress into a full-blown site: for all of these sites no knowledge of coding is needed, just a little patience in the initial setup. Now for personal sites, I…
What do you want to create the web page for - personal or professional (e.g. class site)? If it's a class site I'd say just use <a href="http://wikispaces.com" target="_blank">wikispaces</a> or <a href="http://pbworks.com" target="_blank">PBworks</a>, and I would also recommend Wordpress blogs for class sites, you can really extend Wordpress into a full-blown site: for all of these sites no knowledge of coding is needed, just a little patience in the initial setup. Now for personal sites, I think the last one I just mentioned, Wordpress, is excellent, but you may also want to look at these two options, <a href="http://www.zimplit.com/index.html" target="_blank">Zimplit</a> and <a href="http://www.edicy.com/" target="_blank">Edicy</a>, two tools atht allow you to create your own website with absolutely no knowledge of code, and provides a step-by-step how-to for real beginners.<br />
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As regards the domain, if it's a classroom site you should speak to your IT folks to see if you can piggy-back on your school's .edu domain, but if you want to get your own domain juts visit <a href="http://www.easydns.com/" target="_blank">EasyDNS</a> or <a href="http://www.godaddy.com/" target="_blank">GoDaddy</a>, and for $10 dollars you've got your own domain. And my recommendation would be to go with an .info domain.<br />
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Meg - <a href="http://megansnotebook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Meg's Notebook</a> Your site looks great and it'…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-07-26:649749:Comment:3675542009-07-26T00:18:30.268ZLouisehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LouiseWinsor
Your site looks great and it's an easy read. I've bookmarked it so I can follow your progress!<br />
What will you be including in the portfolios? Will you be managing them or the kids? and the student blogs,what about the kids who can't yet read or write much (let alone use a keyboard)? Can you tell me how you address issues for kids who can't access a computer from home either because there isn't one or they're refused permission? What prior IT knowledge/training do your incoming students have?<br />
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Your site looks great and it's an easy read. I've bookmarked it so I can follow your progress!<br />
What will you be including in the portfolios? Will you be managing them or the kids? and the student blogs,what about the kids who can't yet read or write much (let alone use a keyboard)? Can you tell me how you address issues for kids who can't access a computer from home either because there isn't one or they're refused permission? What prior IT knowledge/training do your incoming students have?<br />
I teach Kindergarten and I started a grade blog a few months ago but find it hard to reach all families. My kids complain about broken computers, download speed or it's for dad's/mum's work. The most successful participants are the most literate kids and /or those with older brothers and sisters and well trained or tech savvy parents. The usual story -the haves and the have nots!<br />
I'm off to check out Shutterfly! I use shutterfly.com for my c…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-07-25:649749:Comment:3675312009-07-25T22:45:53.693ZMatthew Allenhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MatthewAllen
I use shutterfly.com for my class web page. It's a great FREE service and very easy to use.<br />
You can view my website at <a href="http://mrallen1.shutterfly.com">http://mrallen1.shutterfly.com</a><br />
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Good luck!
I use shutterfly.com for my class web page. It's a great FREE service and very easy to use.<br />
You can view my website at <a href="http://mrallen1.shutterfly.com">http://mrallen1.shutterfly.com</a><br />
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Good luck!