tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200503.post8235006948979591688..comments2023-10-28T07:05:17.919-07:00Comments on Thielmann's Blog Cabin: SD57 website needs helpThielmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907258798180934257noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200503.post-4249371984763789292012-11-07T07:55:43.528-08:002012-11-07T07:55:43.528-08:00Interesting feedback from colleagues on this. One ...Interesting feedback from colleagues on this. One of our infotech teachers had his students sift through the district website and evaluate it using the design and content criteria they've learned about in class. It reminded me that some attention needs to be paid to the Content Management System that is used in our district. This homegrown CMS, dating back to 2008, helped get every school online, but the unwieldy system also lowered the bar for many of the sites that were dynamic and deep. It also sidelined the involvement of teachers and students in school websites and created the design problems that limit the reach of the district website. Our biggest high school, PGSS, created a work-around and embedded <a href="http://pgss.sd57.bc.ca/news.php" rel="nofollow">a functional site</a> within the parent site to avoid the issues of the mandated CMS. We shouldn't have to go underground for technology and communication... but are we willing to do the hard work and consultation necessary to get it right?Thielmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907258798180934257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200503.post-32565570212520505842012-11-01T22:46:31.812-07:002012-11-01T22:46:31.812-07:00I've had a few tweets & 1 email about this...I've had a few tweets & 1 email about this already... thanks. I looked through a few other SD websites and I think that the SD73 website <a href="http://www3.sd73.bc.ca/" rel="nofollow">http://www3.sd73.bc.ca/</a> is one of the best examples that we could follow for our school district website. The Kamloops site has great function, clean/attractive design, depth of content, thorough reports, relevant/dynamic links, celebration of student/staff work, trustee bios, sharing of professional development opportunities... in short it has what we're missing.Thielmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907258798180934257noreply@blogger.com