I feel this stuff starts at the top and if you can get your admin to come up with fresh material for your website then the rest will follow.
Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075 On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Michael T. Bendorf <bendo...@a-ccentral.us>wrote: > The sup't wants ideas how to better keep our district website fresh/current > and what workflows work. > > Currently I am the only person that updates the site save for > the secretaries posting daily announcements. > Everyone else emails me with what they need updated: lunch menu, > newsletter, vacancies, BoE agendas and minutes are the common things (once a > month though.) Occasionally I will get a piece of news to put on the front > page, or a request for a weblink etc. I also put up a transcript of any > voice broadcast. > > Things tend to change every one-to-two weeks. I am very comfortable in > regards to technically making things happen, but I do not take the time to > generate copy nor do I seem to have much graphic design interest. I guess I > know when something looks bad, but I have never thought I was too good at > coming up with creative new ways to display things after I find something > that works. > > We have incorporated more things each school year - this year we have a few > useful Google calendars embedded, and I am not sure just what the sup't has > in mind, but if anyone out there is doing anything "cool" to keep their > site relevant and not just a knowledge bank of useful district information > and regularly scheduled data outlet let me know what you are doing and > how/who makes it happen. > > http://a-ccentral.com > > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > DID #: 217.476.6019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during > your lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for > others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the > enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers > using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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