School Web Sites

What do schools attempt to accomplish with their web sites (assuming they have one)? Do the intend to offer resources for parents, an outlet for student projects, the latest sports scores, or what? Do school web sites follow recommended design principles?

Pat Swann’s paper on the typology of school web sites” offers comments on these questions. This site offers a nice general review of what is known about school sites.

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Clay Center Observatory

I was listening to “All Things Considered” on public radio and heard a report about a high school that had followed the launch of “Space Ship One” and made the images available to the general public. The Center made the images available to the general public despite the opportunity to sell the video. The Clay Center for Science and Technology offers programs for K-12 students.

This is not the K-12 experience I remember.

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