I chose to take a look at Lavallette Elementary School. The school's website is very informative and seems to accomplish all four of the primary goals for a school website as discussed in the Reasons for Websites article by Dr. Jamie McKenzie. The main page of the website was complete with upcoming events, news and announcements and scrolling pictures of the school facilities. At the bottom of the page is an RSS icon! I now understand what this means and am using it to streamline my web browsing.
Lavalette Elementary's website offers a lot of information to parents and students. Each teacher has their own web page which is packed with information. Teacher bios, dates to remember, weekly homework assignments, classroom rules and students birthdays are all available online. Some teachers also posted links to websites that might be beneficial to students. Forgetting your notebook or planner at school is no longer an acceptable excuse for missing your homework!
As discussed in the Reasons for Websites article, Lavallette posts a student literary magazine, short book reviews and school newspaper online. While the web design is not very glamourous, I think that both current and prospective students and parents can learn a lot about the school from the website. The website even features a survey which analyzes the effectivness of the school's communication with parents.
Nice K-8 school. Good job on the critique.
ReplyDeleteHey Catie-On my first look at the webpage, it was very well organized and easy to use. I liked that they had recognition for the students from community service projects to spelling bee winners. This is the one thing that my school's webpage was lacking. Nice critique!
ReplyDeleteI liked the simplicity of the webpage but I disliked how the events calender on the right impedes some of the text next to it.
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