Scholastic Class Homepage Builder

6.27.11 update: This option is no longer available.

Selecting this option will allow you to create a class website using the free service offered by Scholastic (a reputable educational publisher).

Navigate to:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/

Click on the See a Sample Page link to view an example of the type of page you can build with this free service.

Click on the Online Tutorial or Printable User Guide for detailed instructions on how to use the service.

If this looks like something that you would be comfortable using, click on the Get Started button to register. If you already have a teacher account with Scholastic, you may be able to use that account name and password. If not, click the Register Now button to register for this free Scholastic service.

If you decide to use this option, set up a "Scholastic Class Homepage" and customize the site to meet your specific needs.

Important Note: Be sure to record the Teacher's Username and Password that you select. You will need these every time you edit the site. You will also need to record the Username and Password that you select for Students and Parents. They will need that information every time they access the site. You will also need to send me the Student/Parent Username and Password when the website is completed so that I can verify your completion of this assignment.

Be sure to include active hyperlinks to several of the age-appropriate and educationally relevant web resources that you have found while working on the second module of the course.

Those clickable hyperlinks are, in my opinion, one of the primary reasons for having a classroom website. It is so much safer to have students start their online explorations with a clickable link to websites that have been previewed and selected by the teacher than to just turn them loose with a search engine or a complicated web address that has to be entered into the browser location bar.

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