Creating Curricular Websites
By:
Gayle Esposito, Instructional Technology Specialist, Dekalb County, Atlanta, GA
Sherry Nix, Instructional Technology Specialist, Dekalb County, Atlanta, GA
Janice Dowling, Teacher, Ninth Grade, Cobb County, Atlanta, GA

Teachers can create curricular websites that increase student achievement, facilitate parental communication, and reduce the amount of teacher paperwork. Vocabulary lists, student generated multimedia projects, specific research hyperlinks, subject based web quests, and scavenger hunts are among the many web based examples that facilitate student achievement. Posting assignments and student reminders as well as e-mail for parents are ways to reduce paperwork. There is a clear connection between website content and specific curriculum objectives. Teachers can create and post completely free websites.

Visit this site: “Let Your Website Do the Work, Creating Curricular Websites” for more information.

Editor's Comment:

Rather than attempt to describe the content of the website in this article, we feel it is more appropriate to encourage you to visit the sample website which illustrates how the authors feel a website can help a teacher. If a picture is worth a 1000 words, then a visit to a good website must be worth a million! The authors include several useful tips for someone just getting started in using the web to enhance the instructional program. The suggestions offered are a good start! Follow the intuitive navigation links on the site to get a better idea of the message of the article.

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