For a one time fee of $35 (lifetime) you can get a membership at My eCoach which has an abundance of very easy to use collaboration tools available. One of them is the Universal Builder which is a very easy way to create web pages. For an additional $15 (lifetime) you can have a URL that you choose (yourchoice.my-ecoach.com). You can also sign up for a free membership, but I think that more of the tools are available to you if you have a paid membership.
My eCoach is designed to be used as a tool for a team to communicate and collaborate online together and so there is MUCH more available than just the web creation tools, but it is a good start. One of the things that it does have is a blogging tool which I just used for a travel blog and it is very easy. You can check mine out at http://jfriesen.my-ecoach.com. Especially if you do not have server space I think this is an excellent solution for a class web page. The staff at My eCoach is amazingly responsive and after you have been using it a while you realize that there are a community of other users who are all educators there. Janice -- Janice Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jfriesen.net Paper just seems so restrictive anymore, doesn't it? On 7/31/07 10:02 AM, "Bonita DeAmicis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am really interested in creating a web site. Actually, I am being >> encouraged to do so. I have visited so many wonderful sites and I am curious >> as to the purpose??? Are these sites created for parent education or for >> teacher information. Some are soooo elaborated that they totally >> intimidating me. >> Any advice? >> Hayden/AK > > Hi there, > I can give you ideas and thoughts on website-making. First, it is a good idea > to decide why you would would one (purposes) and how much time you (or someone > else) have to devote to it. I have made webpages for businesses as student > projects, webpages for my students to access documents, homework, and links, > webpages for parents to access newsetters, pictures, homework info and grades, > webpages for teachers as part of training where they access documents, > syllabi, powerpoints, discussion threads and weblinks. These are all > different purposes and I have used different sources to make them. I also > share a web wiki with fellow teachers where we talk online and set up our > planning and ideas for lesson units. So...once you have decided what you > might use a webpage for, then the next step is to figure out who will be > updating and changing it and how often. These two factors: purpose and time > (plus money-I suppose--though I have always used free services) pretty much > help decide the complexity of the page and how best to proceed. > > Think about what you want to use it for and email me offlist and I will be > happy to send you to some good resources. > > :)Bonita > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
