Competencies

1. Ethical Use of Technology
2. Web Searching
3. Telecommunications
4. Web Page Development
5. Idea Development & Presentation Software
6. Spreadsheets
7. Desktop Publishing
8. Assistive Technology
9. Database Management

Web Page Development

Competency D - The teacher candidate demonstrates the ability to create and edit the content of web pages, and post his/her results to a web server.

Gateway Requirement: Gateway 2 — Admission to Student Teaching (STT Gateway)

Authentic Performance Task: The teacher candidate will create a web site that could be used for educational purposes.

The web site must include multiple items from of the following list: 

1. An introduction
2. Educational philosophy (Initial Reflective Essay)
3. Curriculum project(s)
4. Clinical report
5. Learning activities for home
6. Contact information
7. Homework section
8. Calendar of school events
9. Parent Involvement/ Volunteer Sign-Up Section
10. Community Learning Opportunities
11. Links to parent/ educational resources

Technology requirements embedded in this web page must include all of the following:

• At least two hyperlinks
  • Web-based resources annotations
  • Email address hyperlink
  • Must be active and functioning
• Font and text formatting for easy readability and show of organization (font, point size, bullets, italics, bold, indentations)
• Appropriate white space
• Table function
• At least one image to enhance content, making pictures handicapped accessible through alt-tags
• Background, colors and layout enhance readability
• Site map/index, Breadcrumb links are at the top or bottom of the page directing readers to the other pages.
• Footer with date of creation/revision, contact person, copyright information

In addition, the web site must be free of grammar, spelling and punctuation errors. Fair use guidelines must be followed and non-original material properly cited. 

Training Resources: Course instructor will provide basic orientation, but students are responsible for learning the required skills using available resources. University computer labs provide hardware and software and access to on-line resources.

Scoring Rubric: A scoring rubric provides definitive criteria for assessing this competency. See the Evaluation web page for required elements.

Submission Format: The student must submit a fully functional Web page (accessible by standard browsers) and a written rationale for the web site developed, including an explanation of how it will be used for education purposes. Both the rationale and a link to the actual web site must be submitted in the student’s electronic portfolio.

Passing Criterion: 100% level of performance.