Welcome to
schoolwires
An inservice presented by Mr. Terry Toth, Spring Into Technology 2013
Mr. Terry Toth
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Teacher at JTL
1991- present
Teach general computer classes and media design class
BSED Mathematics Education/Computer Science from
Kutztown University
• MS Classroom Technology from Wilkes University
• Taught many PDE classes through IU from 1990-2005
• Design web pages for Bangor Youth Football, The New
Approach Cancer Benefit, and assist with St. Peter’s
Church website in Plainfield Township PA, and
contribute to the JTL web site.
Background Information
• 1999 – Beginning of web publishing in ESASD
• JTL began hosting their own school web site
• Students generated information for all pages
using a variety of html generating programs
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Claris Home Page
MS Word
iWeb
Adobe Creative Suite
• Dreamweaver
• Flash
• Photoshop
Old formats were not consistent…
Background Information
• Moodle comes to town in late 2007 allowing
teachers to easily post information to the web
with a variety of helpful plug-ins
• 2010 – District begins to look at a common
professional format for all web pages… looking
for robust, dynamic, content with consistency
on all pages at ESASD.net
• June 5 – Hello to schoolwires!
Advantages - Disadvantages
• Offers consistent format
on all ESASD pages
• Every teacher can edit
their own page/space
• No need for specialized
programming to
create/maintain the site
• Instant updates
• Offers the same cookie
cutter format on ESASD
pages
• Every teacher is supposed
to be responsible for their
own page
• Lacks creative input
teachers and students like
• Students no longer publish
to the site
Get Started
• Safari or Firefox… no
real difference
• Go to esasd.net
• Click on Sign In link in
upper right corner
• Enter same info that
you do for proxy server
• Click on Sign In button
Site Control
• Site Manager allows
you to make changes to
your web page on
ESASD
• My Account allows you
to change your
password and subscribe
to portions of the site
when updated
Wait a second….
Do you have a plan?
• Before editing, know what you want to add…
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Who is the content for?
How will it be used?
When is it needed on the site for the public to see?
Can you add media to the site to make it more
interesting?
What would you want to see?
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The Unwritten Formatting Rules
• No crazy text colors or sizes…
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Blue for north
Purple for south
Black offers great contrast on the white background
18 point titles or 24 point titles
12 point body text or 14 point body text
Paragraphs are NOT indented and are single spaced
Paragraphs are separated by a blank line
• Pictures…
– Real pictures are better than animated clipart
– You can use pictures of your current students, just don’t
post first and last names
Time to make a page
• These links correspond with the actual links on your
page. Click on the link you want to add content to.
Sections
• Sections are what you find in the drop-down of each
link. Click on any of the section links to add info.
Editing/Inserting New Information
This look familiar? Editing features are similar to those in Moodle!
Specialty Buttons
Font & Size
Text Color & Background Color
Text Alignment
Outlining Tools
Spell Check – Print
Cut – Copy - Paste
Picture Insert
File Insert
Movie & Media Insert
Edit Link Properties
Inserting a Link
• Type in the text you want
to become a link and
highlight it.
• Select the Edit Link
Properties Button.
• Select the type of link or
just type in the URL that
you want to link to. Use
the FULL URL!!
• Set the Target and the
Color of the link.
• Click on OK.
Pictures
Calendar
• Click on the
Calendar link
• Click on New Event
• Enter Event Title
• Enter date & time
of new event
• Add pictures, text,
etc.
• Choose a category
• Click on SAVE to
make it live.