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=May 2011 - Classroom Website Building = =Directions to access teacher classroom webpages:=

1. Go to the Albert Gallatin District website - [|http://www.albertgallatin.k12.pa.us]

2. Hover the mouse pointer over the SCHOOLS icon (entrance to Masontown elementary) and select your appropriate school.

3. On the left hand side of the school webpage, click on the CLASSROOM WEBPAGES hyperlink.

4. This link will take you to a list of teachers' names who have classroom webpages stored on the Albert Gallatin website.

5. Find your name and click on it entering your AG webpage.

**Directions for accessing the SchoolCenter login page:**

1. Go to the Albert Gallatin District website - [|http://www.albertgallatin.k12.pa.us]

2. Hover the mouse pointer over the DISTRICT icon (colonial) and select STAFF.

3. On the staff webpage select SCHOOLCENTER LOGIN and this will take you to the login page.

=**Agenda for May 2011 **= =**Classroom Website Building **= =**Act 48 Sessions: ****Professional Development Training Agenda – May 2011 **=

**Session 1: Introduction ** Introduce the participants to SchoolCenter web program Familiarize with the different functions of the AG website and classroom pages Show an example of a classroom webpage and its usefulness in the classroom Begin to customize each participants own classroom webpage using School Center or other web application Detail the agenda for the next sessions Provide teachers with homework assignment (article) for next session Answer any questions

**Session 2: Workshop ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Review homework assignment from previous session <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Show various methods to upload documents and other media to the webpage <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">and demonstrate changing font, color, and other display settings <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Continue to modify and construct the participant’s website <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Provide teachers with homework assignment (second article) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Answer any questions

**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Session 3: Reflection ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Reflect on the anticipated utilization of the classroom webpage with the <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">participants own instructional strategies <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Address any questions or concerns about the participants’ webpage and building <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">process <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Show and tell webpage between participants in same sessions <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Act 48 evaluation will be completed and turned in

==<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Article / Assignment #1 **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> – A Day in the Life of Web 2.O. __Web 2.0 – New tools, New schools__. Gwen Solomon & Lynne Schrum. Copyright 2007, pp. 231-234. **==

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 82.5pt; tabstops: 82.5pt;">Link to article on the 12 most common webpage frustrations: **
 * @http://www.newentrepreneur.com/Resources/Articles/12_Com_Mis/12_com_mis.html **
 * SchoolCenter Tutorial Website: **
 * @http://sc.lpisd.org/education/staff/staff.php?sectiondetailid=10800& **
 * Instructions on editing pages in SchoolCenter: **

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