IF I HAD A SCHOOL, WHAT WEBSITE WOULD I LIKE TO HAVE?
If I had a school, I would like to create a website that can
- Present my school
- Locate where the school is and show what is around
- Reassure parents that their children are safe and in good hands
- Show the students that it is an establishment that moves and where there are a lot of activities
Basically, I would like to present the school as an establishment
- Safe
- Serious
- And where it’s nice to spend time there
One can also contact with any web design company for the development of his School Website.
But a school’s website should also be useful for education. Due to this issue, I would like to add 3 private sections with password:
- A portal reserved by teachers
- A portal reserved for students
- A portal reserved for parents
AN AREA RESERVED FOR TEACHERS ON MY SCHOOL SITE
In this private area accessible by password, I would like teachers to be able to have access to:
- The list of classes they manage
- The list of their students
- The list of their courses
- Homework area
- A list of statistics
The list of classes they manage
In this section, I would like teachers to have access to
- Their real-time schedule (kind of like an assistant saying how soon is the next court, at what time and in which room)
The list of their students
In this section I would like to have the list of students and where a teacher could see
- The contact details of a student to be able to contact him or her parents (phone, email)
List of courses
According to my point of view it is better for a professor to manage these lessons via a website that would be attached to his professor’s space. This website would present as well.
- The lesson plan (everything the teacher will present throughout the year)
- The outline of each lesson (possibly with additional notes, exercises, and a comment space where students can ask questions to clarify a subject)
Homework area
In the digital age or almost everyone on a computer, tablet or mobile, I find it absurd that homework has to be on a sheet! For this reason, I would like a space where teachers could:
- File the statement of duty that would be accessible only on defined dates
- Receive students’ homework directly through their personal space
- Correct homework and assign grades directly through this space
A list of statistics
For me, statistics greatly help to have a global vision and especially to improve. Therefore, I think that an area which offers several statistics would be very interesting. For example, teachers could find it.
- The number of student absences (for the class, for one student and on average)
- The class average (with detailed grades for each student)
- The areas where students have the best (and especially the worst) grades
- Compare student progress throughout the year
- Compare the evolution of several classes among themselves
A PORTAL RESERVED FOR STUDENTS
The pupils would naturally have sections similar to those of the teachers. If a teacher adds information, the students must see it. 🙂
For this, students would have access to
- their schedule
- the list of teachers
- the list of courses
- homework space
- statistics (you could call it, the dashboard holds)
The timetable
As for the teacher, the students would have access to an intelligent schedule. An assistant would tell them:
- What is the next class
- In which room
- The plan to get to this course
The student could also interact with a teacher via his schedule. He could for example:
- Warn that he would be late
- Mail it to the teacher to ask him a question
The list of teachers
This zone would allow the student to send an email to a teacher. It could be for
- Ask for further explanation
- Ask for help with an exercise
- Report an absence
- Etc.
List of courses
The student could see
- the course program (what he will learn during the year)
- the summary of each course (a summary, additional notes, exercises, comments for asking questions, etc.)
Homework area
The student will be able to
- Retrieve the different statements at the time decided by the teacher
- Send homework to teacher
- Receive the correction and its grade
The dashboard
He will all see lots of statistics that will show his school career. It could be
- His presence and absence
- Its average (general, for each subject, and the mark for each assignment)
- His position by contributions to other students in his class
- Its evolution during the year
- The subjects where he is strongest and where he has difficulties
A PORTAL RESERVED FOR PARENTS
The parents’ area, also accessible by password, would allow parents to have access to various information:
- Access their children’s schedule
- See their school career
- Communicate with teachers
- Receive messages specially intended for them
I would not go into detail on what each of these sections contains, as it contains exactly the same information as the sections presented in the sections above.
IN CONCLUSION
If I had a school, I would do everything possible to use the internet and new technologies to improve the experience of teachers, students and parents. For that, I would opt for the creation of an Internet site for my school, but which would not be satisfied to present only the establishment. The website should be first and foremost a tool for:
- Help teachers teach better,
- Help students learn more easily and more pleasantly while seeing their progress
- Help parents follow their children, verify their statements and communicate with teachers when needed