in the front seat

Lately, there has been a lot of buzz about teacher classroom websites.  A number of people have asked me about creating their own classroom site.  We all seem to struggle with the same beginning questions  What type of information should I post online?  What if I don't know html?  What on earth is html?  Would it be easier if I subscribed for a service?  How much work will this be?  WHERE ON EARTH DO I BEGIN! These are all good questions, that unfortunately, when answered will lead to many other good questions.  The important thing to remember is not to let yourself get overwhelmed.  If you commit to maintaining a classroom site, than stay with it. This will be a multi-year process and you will change your mind and design. Begin by spending a few weeks bookmarking teacher websites that you like.  Don't limit yourself to your grade level either.  There are a lot of good teacher made sites that you can learn from outside...

Before updating and revising my class website I like to visit other teacher's sites.  These I've found these to be some of the best teacher classroom websites. Elementary (K-5) Mrs. Zider's Website - Grade 1, created using TeacherWeb Mrs. Pearce's  Classroom Website - Grade 3, child friendly graphics and resources Mrs. Renz's - Grade 4, She has pages for Parents, Students, and Teachers Mrs. A's Reading Room - A more mature look, free site created using Weebly Mr. Coley.com - Grade 5, THIS IS A MUST SEE SITE, for more information read Mr. Coley's Website FAQ page Mrs. Patton's Website   - Unsure of the exact grade, but she appears to be a co-worker of Mr. Coley Middle & High School (6-12) Mr. Langhorst -  Grade 8,  Highly developed American History site.  This site uses the district's hosting tools and a blog among other tools. Ms. Ward - High School English, this site was created using Ning and Blogger The Physics Classroom -...

I started a project last weekend and wanted the font the “Google Font”.  I eventually found that Google uses a modified 3D version of Catull BQ.  If you like this font and want to download it visit " Google Community " post titled " I Own Catull " by Honest Bob .  If you download the file, I suggest you, save it to the desktop for easy access. To add Catull to your list of available fonts you will need to add it to the “Font” folder.  Type “Font” in your start menu search bar and drag the downloaded file into the “Font Folder”.