On 9/12/09, updates for all school webpages? wrote:
> Our school board is talking about getting a webmaster or
> online service that will be totally responsible for all
> webpages on our site (teacher pages, etc.).
>
> They want all the pages to follow the same template and
> they want control of individual webpages to be taken from
> the teachers.

Could they be talking about switching to an online web
hosting service such as SchoolLoop, SchoolFusion or
SchoolWires? If so it would mean that your teacher webpage
would have a header or frame with the school info and perhaps
certain links back to other school or district pages; you'd
have no control over that frame and perhaps no control over
the appearance of the navegational tools/links, but you'd
maintain all control over the content of the central section
(your teacher page). There would be a set of templates you
could use, but it's also possible to design your own content
without use of the templates.
If that's what your district is considering, it shouldn't
affect how you teach at all, nor limit your ability to create
and edit your own content.
If this is NOT the case, I agree with the poster who
recommended writing to the board with an explanation of how
you use the web page as teaching tool and need to be able to
make constant updates yourself.

>
> I'm the elementary lab teacher and my webpage is my
> lifeline for teaching. My students go on my page and click
> my links for the lessons of the day. I keep powerpoints in
> readiness on my page. I also have teacher resource pages
> where I am continually linking sites that align with our
> state standards.
>
> How might what the board is proposing affect how I teach?
>
> Anyone have any idea?

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