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Why Should I Build a Class Web Site?

 
There are many, many reasons for building a teacher web site. What I believe is important is that you figure out for yourself what your purpose is in building your site. Once you do that, you can begin to gather the information and put together the materials to carry out your purpose.

Included in this chapter are articles and sites written and created by other teachers. Some are good and some are very, very good. I don’t expect you to analyze them all, but look through them as much as you like. You may get some ideas for your own site. 

I believe that the first article, written by a chemistry teacher, on “Why Build a Web Site for A High School Class” touches every reason I can come up with. Here are a few of them:
 

  • Improving study skills.
  • Displaying high quality student work.
  • Making syllabi, course descriptions, worksheets, etc. easily accessible. 
  • Keeping parents informed.
  • Collecting useful resources.