Your school wants a Web page--plan carefully ...! (The Net Works).

Multimedia Schools, March, 2003 by Reilly, Rob

Web pages for schools and libraries seem to be in vogue these days. Let's see what that means for the students, for library patrons, for a school's network resources, and for staff members who must provide the material for those Web sites.

As I travel around the Internet, I find that more and more schools and libraries have a Web presence. Some are "plain vanilla" (just the basics); for example, the site has a photo of the school, the school handbook, staff phone directory, etc. Some schools have a very elaborate Web presence (e.g., calendar of daily/monthly events, each teacher posts his/her daily/weekly homework assignments, etc.). Some schools post pictures of student doing all sorts of school-related activities. There are even virtual schools cropping...

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