I'm having my 6th graders create their own web sites about a science topic. Part of there web site includes pictures that they find on the internet. Does anyone know if this is legal? PS The web sites will only be available on our district server not the www.
On 3/02/06, Adam J wrote: > I'm having my 6th graders create their own web sites about > a science topic. Part of there web site includes pictures > that they find on the internet. Does anyone know if this > is legal? PS The web sites will only be available on our > district server not the [link removed]
I am sitting in a tech class right now and we just reviewed copyright laws. It is okay to have your students post pictures they downloaded from the web as long as they are only posted on an internal server. They cannot be posted on public servers, that would be breaking fair use guidelines. The internal servers would ask for a password. Hope that info helps!
I have PowerPoint 2003 at school, but 2000 at home. When I work on my presentation in either place, I have to change the font size for each slide. Is there any way to avoid doing this and to get consistency in the presentation no matter which version I use? Thanks. Marie
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I have dabbled in this but my images don't show and I get frustrated with the process. What software makes it easy for everything to stay together when I upload to my server?
I have composer, front Page and I see I can make a page using MS Word.
It helps to keep your images in the same folder as your web page when you upload it. However, I think front page and composer should do that for you. On the other hand, when I used Front Page before, I remember having to upload the images separately for some reason. Also make sure that you are using the right file name for the image when you make the link to it.
In this forum, I found out about NVU, which is a free open source web page builder. I used it to build my school website. (See the link to my school) The pictures were uploaded along with the page. It works really well, although it has a few limitations. It doesn't create frames, which is OK by me because I don't like to use them.
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On 4/09/06, BP wrote: > I have dabbled in this but my images don't show and I get > frustrated with the process. What software makes it easy > for everything to stay together when I upload to my server? > > I have composer, front Page and I see I can make a page > using MS Word. > > Thanks.
My site is up and running. I used Frontpage to create (okay...Frontpage for Dummies helped)my site. I'm using Total Choice Hosting (which I believe someone from here told me about - thanks - great hosting site and ONLY $4 a month). Check it out...I'm shamelessly promoting...LOL! Mae
On 4/25/06, megan wrote: > as you already know (being a teacher) different people learn > in different ways - if you poke around trying out different > tutorials, you will find ones that make sense to you. To > get started learning the basics of html, try the video > tutorials at the link below. After getting comfortable with > some basic html, try adding styles/css - take things step by > step, after a while you will be surprised at how much you > know and can use to acheive your website goals. ~megan
As this is a business website, you really need to have your company's mailing address and phone number clearly visible on the opening page. (And use the street address. A P.O. box will scare away potential customers, as it makes you look like a fly-by-night operation that could close down after they send you their money!) I didn't look for a page indicating "We were incorporated in the state of X in the year XXXX," but if you don't have that information, you should if you want your business to be taken seriously.
I'd also advise against all the third-party shopping links. It looks like you can't decide whether you want a professional website, a teacher's resource site, or a "Please click here so I can get little piles of money from other commercial sites" site. The first two goals can be gracefully combined, but the third makes your business seem too mom & pop.
I'd get rid of the little rosebuds on the one resource page. Too cutesy, and it makes your links hard to read.
Finally, all the blank space on the opening page could be put to better use.
Good luck!
On 4/21/06, Mae in Texas wrote: > My site is up and running. I used Frontpage to create > (okay...Frontpage for Dummies helped)my site. I'm using > Total Choice Hosting (which I believe someone from here > told me about - thanks - great hosting site and ONLY $4 a > month). Check it out...I'm shamelessly promoting...LOL! Mae
I am a second year teacher that started to get the teacherweb subscription last year, but thought better of myself (my lack of time). I am ready to get a website up and running, and I asked the tech coordinator if I could have some space on my schools website (hey its free). She said no problem. So I am in business...but
I was thinking today, in your experience with a schools website, do you have to do all of your maintence at school? I would like to do the page over the summer and have it up by back to school night. This is almost impossible if I have to do it all from home (I live 40 minutes away from work). DOes it vary from school to school? It is a typical .k12.mo.us school site.
You'll need to be on your tech person's good side in a BIG way, as she will need to give you FTP access to the school's web server. Most IT people don't give that access out too freely.
However, if she gives you access to just your folder (aka directory), there's not much damage you can do!
So, yes, it is possible, and convenient! :-)
Jesse
On 4/24/06, Jean Bullock wrote: > I don't do any of the maintenance at school. I do the whole school's website and > upload it from my home computer to the website. If you are doing just a website > for your classroom, it shouldn't take that much time. I use NVU (free) and it > works fine. > > Just remember to upload it from home you have to have the ftp address > > > > > On 4/24/06, Melissa wrote: >> I am a second year teacher that started to get the >> teacherweb subscription last year, but thought better of >> myself (my lack of time). I am ready to get a website up >> and running, and I asked the tech coordinator if I could >> have some space on my schools website (hey its free). She >> said no problem. So I am in business...but >> >> I was thinking today, in your experience with a schools >> website, do you have to do all of your maintence at >> school? I would like to do the page over the summer and >> have it up by back to school night. This is almost >> impossible if I have to do it all from home (I live 40 >> minutes away from work). DOes it vary from school to >> school? It is a typical .k12.mo.us school site. >> >> Thank you so much! >> Melissa
Jesse makes a good point. I wouldn't give out the ftp address to the teachers. There is a software program called Contribute that allows individuals to update their pages without disrupting the whole site. However the teacher would probably have to use it on a computer at the school.
You can easily create an html or xhtml page and e-mail it to the IT person. It only takes a second to upload it but just remember that you have to include picture files if you want them to show up and include any downloadable files as well. If you need a free program to use, try using NVU. Click on the link.
I have banners on my website that I use as signs, not as ads, but they are blocked by my ad blocker program. Even though I turned off the ad blocker program, I'm thinking my banners may be blocked on some visitors's computers. So, I'm wondering is there a way to make my banners where they won't be blocked by ad blocker programs? What is it about banners that causes them to be blocked? Is it the size? TIA
Actually, I was using Norton AntiSpam and had turned on the "Ad Blocker" (not a pop-up blocker). Norton Ad Blocker is what blocks my banners. It also blocks the banners on teachers.net and other sites. Sorry, I guess I should have said that before. I was just wondering if there's a way to prevent the banners from being blocked, because there may be visitors to the site who also have an ad blocker, and it makes the pages just look wrong with the banner missing.
About the right-click disable... a lot of the graphic artists I use require that in their terms of use. Graphic Garden, the main one I use, has since stopped requiring it I think, but I just haven't changed it. There are some graphic artists out there who require all kinds of things like disable image tool bar script and no drag and drop script in addition to the right click script. It hadn't occurred to me that it would annoying because I rarely ever right click anything, but maybe I'll change it when I get around to it.
Hi - the thing the people who require these scripts don't understand is that they (the scripts) do not keep people from taking the graphics if they want - one can simply turn off javascript or view source to see where the graphis is located etc. The fact is, if the graphic is in the user's browser then it is in the user's computer. ~megan
On 5/01/06, Karen wrote: > Actually, I was using Norton AntiSpam and had turned on the "Ad > Blocker" (not a pop-up blocker). Norton Ad Blocker is what blocks my > banners. It also blocks the banners on teachers.net and other > sites. Sorry, I guess I should have said that before. I was just > wondering if there's a way to prevent the banners from being > blocked, because there may be visitors to the site who also have an > ad blocker, and it makes the pages just look wrong with the banner > missing. > > About the right-click disable... a lot of the graphic artists I use > require that in their terms of use. Graphic Garden, the main one I > use, has since stopped requiring it I think, but I just haven't > changed it. There are some graphic artists out there who require all > kinds of things like disable image tool bar script and no drag and > drop script in addition to the right click script. It hadn't > occurred to me that it would annoying because I rarely ever right > click anything, but maybe I'll change it when I get around to it.
Hey Max!!! I need your help here. I had a fellow artist send me the link to a directory with a bunch of photos. ALL of them look similar to this photo (below). What on earth is the problem with this photo?? Why is there such weird patterns and distress? They are all like this? I can't figure out what she did or did not do to make these photos come out so terribly. Wuz up?? wizzlewolf
Nope Max, What you saw was what I got. I did nothing to the image at all. I suspect they took the photo with a camera phone. (?????) Then they screwed up the resolution by diddling with it. I was just curious if you had a specific idea as to why the photo looked so bizarre. She sent me a whole folder of photos and they ALL look that way. Very weird! Thanks for your opinion!! Sheree wizzle
You're right ... you didn't do anything to the photos ...
The person that sent you the files saved them incorrectly, either in a low quality mode, or exchanged formats and messed up the color pallet.
Once they saved them wrong, they were ruined forever ... nothing you can do to fix them.
--max--
On 5/10/06, wizzlewolf wrote: > Nope Max, > What you saw was what I got. I did nothing to the image at all. > I suspect they took the photo with a camera phone. (?????) Then > they screwed up the resolution by diddling with it. > I was just curious if you had a specific idea as to why the > photo looked so bizarre. She sent me a whole folder of photos > and they ALL look that way. > Very weird! > Thanks for your opinion!! > Sheree > wizzle
Do any of you include blogs on your school websites? If so, would you be willing to share your site so that I could take a look to check it out. Thanks! jezzy
On 3/02/06, Adam J wrote:
> I'm having my 6th graders create their own web sites about
> a science topic. Part of there web site includes pictures
> that they find on the internet. Does anyone know if this
> is legal? PS The web sites will only be available on our
> district server not the...See More