Ronnie Continenza BA – Mathematics; MA - Ed. Tech. 26th year – 18 th at KHS WELCOME! Tonight’s Agenda  Contact Information  History of KHS Site  Goals of the site  Software (no textbook)  Grading

“Contact Us” comes to me

HISTORY  Late Fall 1998: Site consisted of six static pages and had not been updated in six months  Eight seniors taught me everything they knew about web design  Site grew to over 300 pages, and won “Cool School of the Week”

 Won Cool School of the Year by Education World  Named Best High School Website in the USA by Cisco Systems  Kenston received $10,000 from Cisco

 Web design first offered as an elective  40 students took the class  Site grew to over 3,000 pages  Following Year- went from full time math to full time Web Design  Following Year- went from full time math to full time Web Design

(1 year) Retired on:

to... (5 ½ years)

Goals of KHS Site  Positive recognition to KHS students  Up to date content  Easy navigation  Fast loading pages  Build school spirit & pride  Web Builders are PROUD of the site…

Web Design  Hands-on class building the Kenston High School Website  It takes about four weeks to teach the basics  Students are assigned sections to maintain, and are encouraged to select areas of their interest  Like Yearbook…

DreamWeaver (HTML editor)

Adobe Photoshop (photo editing)

WS_FTP Pro (transfer files from KHS to LGCA)

Students also use…  Google Docs  Microsoft Word  Microsoft Excel  Microsoft Movie Maker

Instruction  Demonstration on Viewing Screen  Students practice on computer  Student resources all electronic:  Step by step tutorials and quick guides off the Web Design Home Page (Class Resource page)

Grading  Class Participation  Two lead articles per quarter  Maintenance of assigned section on site and / or developing new section(s) of site  Final exam  Infinite Campus updated weekly

FIRST ASSIGNMENT  Each student is working on a personal profile page of themselves  You will find it located at:  Academics  Web Design  And then look for “Meet Our Web Builders”  I’ll show you…