1. + Top Elements to Make a Great Teacher Website by Schoolwires Webacademy Julia Graham-Chapman

2. + Activity 7: PowerPoint Conversion Assignment Use the article you selected from Activity 1, 3, or 4 to create a PowerPoint summary of the article. Your presentation should have at a minimum 4 slides: Title page: Title, Author, Your Name Summary Page: Brief highlights of the article Reaction: Your thoughts on the article Reference: Using proper APA style formatting, cite the complete reference for the article Once you have made the PPT, you will use the Save As command to convert it to HTML. Watch where you save the file to. If you saved the file using myppt you may see the following: myppt.htm file outside the myppt_files folder (link to the myppt.htm file) or myppt folder with an index.htm file inside the folder (link to the index.htm file) You will not send this to your instructors. It should be linked to your Portfolio Index Page. You can also link it within your project if it fits. You will need to FTP both the folder and any htm file outside the folder. Look at Schedule for Due Date.

3. + Top Elements to Make a Great Teacher Website 1. Contact Information 2. Welcome Message 3. Teacher Bio/Photograph 4. Syllabus/Description/ Objectives 5. Homework Assignments 6. Calendar of Events with Test/Quiz Schedule 7. Learning Resources 8. Classroom Rules and Policies 9.Class Showcase/Class News 10. Activities to Energize Learning

4. + Top Elements to Make a Great Teacher Website The top ten components listed are essential elements for a teacher webpage. If you have an updated message, visitors know that your page is active. It is always important to have a way to contact and communicate with a teacher and to have homework, syllabus, and schedule listed. The article also mentioned how that it is important to keep your website fresh, organized, professional, and to always have a purpose.

5. + Top Elements to Make a Great Teacher Website My thoughts I was very pleased to see the key components this article has as to what makes a webpage successful match up to exactly what I plan on incorporating into my webpage. I believe that a teacher webpage should include the 10 components that were mentioned.

6. + Top Elements to Make a Great Teacher Website Reference (there is not much site information given on this article) Schoolwires webacademy.(2006).http://www.muensterisd.net/79171092511 25940/lib/7917109251125940/Teacher_Tips.pdf