requesting information

[Siobhan Hickey]

I am writing to you requesting information.  It  has been suggested recently that I could set up a website for the school.  I am interested to know what would be the best web editor at the moment (i.e. easiest to use and maintain) and if it would be better to use education blogs for individual teachers or both.  I have used front page long ago.

I have a second question regarding ICT school plans.  I know on an outline basis the elements of a school plan but I would need to be evaluate the importance and benefits of Irish ICT school planning (back up my points with documentation).  I might need to update the system.  I would be very grateful if you could direct me or assist with these queries.  

 

[Eimear Hoelzle]

Re ICT plans, check out the NCTE website, their e-learning plan is great for assessing where you are and setting realistic goals

http://www.ncte.ie/elearningplan/

All I know about website is that a lot of people seemed to have on-off problems with WebX5 – I’m sure though you’ll get expert advice from others here

Eimear

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[Adrienne Webb]

Hi Siobhan

I would echo what Eimear has said about the NCTE and their ICT planning book.  I would also suggest using the Scoilnet Blogging service, available to all schools, to create a school website.  Courses are run in the Education Centres and the User Guide is user friendly. You end up with a web address as   http://schoolname.scoilnet.ie   I did a website last year using it, found it straigthforward and really only scratched the surface of what is possible.

Adrienne

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Siobhan Hickey <siobhan...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

I am writing to you requesting information.  It  has been suggested recently that I could set up a website for the school.  I am interested to know what would be the best web editor at the moment (i.e. easiest to use and maintain) and if it would be better to use education blogs for individual teachers or both.  I have used front page long ago.

I have a second question regarding ICT school plans.  I know on an outline basis the elements of a school plan but I would need to be evaluate the importance and benefits of Irish ICT school planning (back up my points with documentation).  I might need to update the system.  I would be very grateful if you could direct me or assist with these queries.  

 

[Anne McMorrough]

Hi Siobhan

 

I agree! Scoilnet website/blogging works really well for our school and also the eLearning book is very user friendly.

 

Can I add that this summer, the NCTE has been running a course for teachers/ICT co-ordinators: 'Developing an eLearning Plan' http://www.ncte.ie/courses/DevelopinganeLearningPLan/ .  It may be fully booked now, but if it runs again in the Autumn, it's well worth doing as it walks teachers through the eLearning book in a really practical way, with extra resources and excellent facilitator support.

 

Hope this helps :-)

 

Anne McM

[Viewsion VE Ltd.]

Hi Siobhan,

I am not well up on Scoilnet- I just joined their mailing list- looks interesting. Just to throw in my halfpenny's worth- I have found Google Sites extremely easy to use- It is simple to set up a site from your Gmail account if you have one. The only potential drawback may be that some institutions may block Google infrastructure- you may want to check this out before using it.

Other free web authoring services which may be just as good (or even better) for you are:

www.weebly.com

www.wix.com

Hope this is helpful.

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[arickard]

Siobhan,

"Best ways for Students or Teachers to create a website" as
recommended by Larry Ferlazzo: http://bit.ly/EIIcZ

I've used Weebly.com and Google sites - Weebly is most intuitive and
easy to follow and free until you think you'd like to get more
ambitious!

Google sites very versatile and has the merit of always being free -
even when you want to get ambitious!

Mike Seery and his colleague's course mentioned in reply to another
post in this discussion forum gives you a step by step on how to
create a site with Google sites. I highly recommend it:
http://sites.google.com/site/becominganeteacher/

Best wishes,

Angela