Major+Propject+5+-+Design+a+Curricular+or+Professional+Website

ASSIGNMENT Design a Curricular or Professional Website Assignment Process: Individual Background : Creating a presence on the internet is a common and often expected part of a teacher’s responsibilities in the information age. There are many software applications that can create web pages. These programs range from simple to complicated, graphical interface to html. Teachers may have the opportunity to work with many of them, learning their options and capabilities. Because teachers have such varied backgrounds and experience with web development and related software options, this course will use an online option for developing a web page. Your web page will be geared toward your individual needs as a teacher. It may be a curricular or classroom webpage to be used as a resource for students and/or parents, it may be a blog dedicated to your professional learning, it may be an e-folio intended to showcase your work as an educator, or whatever other purpose you have in mind. Be creative and approach this activity as a new adventure in learning. Goal: Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively though your own website design and development. INSTRUCTIONS : NOTE: If you already have a web site, you are still expected to complete the assignment. Talk with the instructors about options for completion.
 * 1) Identify a purpose/goal for your website. What message would you like to portray, who is your audience, etc?
 * 2) Explore free website, e-folio, wiki, and blog hosting sites, including eFolio, Yola, Google Sites, Wikispaces, PBWiki, Blogger, Edublogs, Wordpress, and more. You may also wish to develop your site using your district’s software.
 * 3) Develop a checklist of at least five design features (images, blogroll, etc.) you plan to include in your site, along with a brief explanation of how each feature supports your site’s overall goal.
 * 4) Design your website!

**Completed project** I already have a professional website through our district's home page. I will design another one using Weebly to tell the story of our Guatemala Trip. (http://www.becker.k12.mn.us/education/staff/staff.php?sectionid=310&sc_id=1189571532)

I chose to use Weebly after looking at Google sites, Yola, and Blogger because it is very easy to use and has the capabilities I need. I made a website to tell the story of our service trip to Guatemala. After the experience I had with Googling myself I decided to be very careful about using people's full names until and unless I get permission from them. My intended audience is my students and colleagues. I wanted to be able to demonstrate how you can tell a story or show the results of a research project with a website. I chose a number of different types of pages so that I had an example of a photo album, a slideshow and video. I also made a hyperlink, linked to another website, and imbedded maps.

This is the link: **http://helpsguatemala.weebly.com/**