This document provides a checklist for elements to include on a teacher website. It outlines sections for general information, students, parents, and overall professionalism. General information includes pages for welcome, about the teacher, and calendar. The technology resources section lists tools for teachers to explore. Sections for students include projects, assessments, and class materials. The parents section covers a newsletter and linking to the school website. Overall professionalism addresses consistency, writing mechanics, and creativity. The checklist awards points for including required elements across various categories.

1. W200 Teacher Website Checklist – Fall 2012
Teacher Website Elements (110 points) –
All required pages, files and elements are present in the website.
General Information
Possible Your
 Description
Points points
 Welcome 20
 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 10
 Professional picture of you or equivalent [Points deducted for
cropped images and inappropriate images]
 Introduction of yourself (name, education, your subject area
and grade level to teach – Again imagine that you became a
teacher and this is your own teacher website)
 Week2: ICW#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 22
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 Tool
 Week 7: Hands on Activity - Free online Web 2.0 Production
 Week 8: Class Prep – Post the communication tool assigned to
you by the instructor
 Week 8: ICW #8 – Function comparison matrix
 Week 9: Hands on Activity –InspireData
 Week 11: Hands on Activity-Netvibes
 Week 12: Hands on Activity-Facilitating Online Learning
 Week 14: Hands on Activity- Blio Review
 Week 14: ICW - iPad Tools for learning disabilities
 Collaboration 3
 Week 8: Hands on Activity - Communication tasks and Content
Exploration tasks
Content Total: 65
For students
Possible Your
 Description
Points points
 Student Projects 10
 ICW#7: Production Project
 ICW#9: Data Collection/Analysis Station
 All components should be properly linked and accessible to the
viewers
 Title should reflect the content of the projects
 Screenshot can be replaced with the embedded Google Docs
 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.
 Assessment 5
 ICW #10: Zoho Challenge Quiz, Results & Description
 Class Materials 20
 ICW#4: Concept map (Inspiration/Kidspiration)
 ICW#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
 ICW#11: Digital identity presentation
 ICW#13: Cyberbullying presentation
Content Total: 35
For Parents

3. Possible Your
 Description
Points points
 Newsletter 5
 ICW #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
 ICW#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:
 Writing Mechanism 10
 Avoid Spelling Errors by running text through MS Word

4.  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