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While it is tempting to leap right into creating your website, thoughtful planning can save you a lot of time later. Think about the purpose of your website. Who is your primary audience? Probably parents and students. What kind of information do you want to communicate? Probably general information about your course, links to resources, maybe homework assignments. But you can also publish lesson plans, create animated tutorials, and have a discussion board. Your website can become an essential part of your course both in and out of your classroom. Be sure to check with your school's technology director about any web publishing guidelines that the district has developed.
Evaluating Websites: The best place to begin is to see how other educators are using the web. As you browse, you'll want to keep in mind some basic web design rules and see how they are applied by the websites you visit.
What Software?: Creating websites requires several different types of software. You'll need software to create the page, file transfer software to publish your pages to the web, and file compression software to both compress and uncompress programs.
Where Does It Go?: You'll probably design your website on your personal computer. But as long as it stays there, you're the only person who can see it. Before it can be "live," you'll need a place to publish it..
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