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Features and Benefits |
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Does your current teacher websites experience any of the following? |
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- Learning curve required to create an individual website. Requires time and training
of the teacher.
- Poor participation – Teachers don't want to take the time to work on their sites
or they are not functional or productive. Broken graphics and links to blank pages
are common.
- Time consuming to learn how to add pages and to make updates. Overall this will
not encourage teachers to keep their sites up-to-date.
- Inconsistent look & feel throughout all teacher websites. Hinders parents & students
when they have to learn new navigation and layout for each teacher.
- Poor layout, design, use of fonts, spacing and overall design on current teacher
website. This is understandable since teachers aren’t expected to be graphic artists.
Gives parents & students a feeling of coming to a “non-professional” website – a
reflection of your school and district’s image.
- School District loss of control on site content – teachers use the site to promote
their personal agenda and opinion rather than productive information parents & students
can use.
- Improper use of logos – Teacher websites containing graphics from other websites
without the express permission for use.
- Inability to upload homework assignments for parent or student download.
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Reasons to go with MyTeacherZone.com |
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- Professional Layout - Students, parents, and teachers are more
likely to visit a website that is professionally laid out with a consistent look
& feel, allowing for easier use.
- No learning Curve – Simply enter the administration module and
enter required data. The website will be built dynamically from the data provided.
- Homepage – Text can be typed or pasted in along with any paragraph
breaks and formatting.
- Schedule - Teachers can create their class schedules and enter a Class Title,
Classroom Number, Description and can upload their syllabus. Class Titles will be clickable redirecting to a page showing a
lengthier class description. Syllabus downloads will show an appropriate clickable
“icon” for the document type. (PDF, Word, Excel or Image)
- Syllabus – A syllabus in any format can be “uploaded” from your
local computer and will allow students or parents to click on a link to save or
open the document.
- Calendar – To add calendar entries simply choose Date, Period,
and Text to display. A range of dates can also be selected of which the text will
display for all days chosen. Upload homework assignments that can be downloaded
by parents and students for particular days and periods. In addition, it's simple
to make edits or deletions.
- FAQ’s – Question Text and Answer Text can be entered to help students
and parents find answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
- Resources - a great place to add additional useful content such
as Announcements, Links to other sites, or Files that can be downloaded by students
or parents. Your entries will be automatically labeled, Announcement, Link or File
Download on the Teacher Resource Page.
- Discussion Blogs - Great to facilitate communication between students
and their teachers. Teachers must approve and can edit student posts before they
appear on the website.
- Master Calendar - This feature allows students and parents to access
every teacher calendar from a single bookmarked web page!
- Contact Information – The Phone and Email address for the teacher
will be displayed. Additionally, an area is included for a parent or student to
send an immediate email to the teacher by entering their own email address, the
subject, and message content.
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