1. W200 Teacher Website Checklist – Spring 2013
Teacher Website Elements (110 points) –
All required pages, files and elements are present in the website.
General Information
Possible Your
Description
Points points
Welcome 10
Theme: Imagine that you are a teacher. You are communicating
with your students, their parents and other teachers
Welcome your visitors
Explain PURPOSE of website
Briefly explain the PAGES [e.g. all sub-pages under General
Information, For students, For Parents] of your site
Visually appealing
Added touch: When you describe pages, consider adding
internal links to them
About Me 20
Professional picture of you or equivalent [Points deducted for
cropped images and inappropriate images]
Week1: TIP #1 Introduction of yourself (name, education, your
subject area and grade level to teach - Imagine you became a
teacher and you are having your own first class.
Week2: TIP#2: Xtranormal movie on Digital Natives, include a
title that is hyperlinked, embedded movie, and description of
the movie underneath the page
Others: Answer to …
o Why did you become a teacher?
o What are your pedagogical beliefs as a teacher?
o What are your beliefs about using technology in the
classroom?
Calendar 10
Embed Google Calendar in this page
Include at least 5 events for each remaining month of the
semester
Make sure ALL events are public and your calendar is published
Tech Resources 25
All should have the following outline:
o Title (Make sure to link it)
o Screenshot
o Description (Discuss how a teacher can use it)
o Educational Value (Discuss 3 Es)
2. Week 6: Hands on Activity - Content Exploration Tasks and
Tools
Week 7: Hands on Activity - Free online Web 2.0 Production
Tools
Week 8: Class Prep – Post the communication tool assigned to
you by the instructor
Week 8: TIP #8 – Function comparison matrix
Week 9: Hands on Activity –InspireData
Week 10: Compare LMS
Week 11: Hands on Activity-Netvibes
Week 12: Hands on Activity- Reflection on Teaching Online
Week 14: Hands on Activity- Blio Review
Week 14: TIP#14 - iPad Tools for Learning Disabilities
Content Total: 65
For students
Possible Your
Description
Points points
Student Projects 10
o All components should be properly linked and accessible to the
viewers
o Title should reflect the content of the projects
o Screenshot can be replaced with the embedded Google Docs
o Descriptions needs to be clear and explicit and should inform
what the project is about, what tools are used, for whom it is for,
etc.
TIP#7: Create a sample of student work for your WebQuest
TIP#9: Data Collection/Analysis Station
Assessment 5
TIP #10:Create, Analyze Quiz, and data-driven decision making
Class Materials 20
TIP#4: Concept map (Inspiration/Kidspiration)
TIP#6: Creating a WebQuest
o Write using a “teacher voice.”
o Create the iRubric for assessing what the students produce,
embed it on the “evaluation” page, and complete the
“evaluation” page.
o Embed your sample student work on the Student Project
page of your Teacher Website
TIP#11: Protecting Online Identity
TIP#13: Create presentation for Cyberbullying strategies
Content Total: 35
3. For Parents
Possible Your
Description
Points points
Newsletter 5
TIP #3 (Part I): Beginning of the semester teacher welcome
message, contact information, about me (as a teacher),
classroom expectations/rules, embedded school map
School Website 5
TIP#3 (Part II): Link to your school website (Remember that you
became a teacher in one of your previous schools)
Content Total: 10
Overall Professionalism: Copyright, Formatting, Creativity and Writing
Mechanics (40 points) –
The teacher website is easy to read with appropriate use of fonts, point size, bullets, italics, bold,
and indentations for headings and sub-headings. The suggested navigational system is present
and active on all pages. The background and colors enhance the readability of the text.
Overall Professionalism
Possible Your
Description
Points Points
Consistency of Formatting and Font 10
Entire site uses the same
font type
font size
color is consistent and readable for the following
Titles
Subheadings
Body text and links
Clean Formatting
Spacing between blocks of text are not too big/small
Uses headings/ subheadings to guide the readers
Uses bullets/ numbers to list options & these are indented
Adds a text box in the navigation sidebar that includes “Creative
Commons Logo”. See example below:
4. Writing Mechanism 10
Avoid Spelling Errors by running text through MS Word
Use proper nouns such as Internet, Google, SMART Board,
PowerPoint, etc.
Avoid grammatical errors (run on sentences, incomplete
sentences, word choice)
Show evidence of formal writing (avoid contractions,
abbreviations, “I feel/think”, write out single digit numbers)
Creativity 20
Include enough appropriate images/videos/inserts that add a
nice depth to the pages
Elements added to the teacher website help to communicate
the purpose of the site
present the uniqueness of your subject area
thoughtful, and engaging to the intended audiences
Overall, it is more than a template
Content Total: 40
Possible Your
Final Grade Summary
Points Points
Teacher Website Elements
General Information 65
For students 35
For parents 10
Overall Professionalism
Formatting 10
Writing 10
Creativity 20
TOTAL: 150