A set of web pages can become an important tool in the teaching/learning process for a class. If planned and implemented properly, the web page for a class can provide information for the students, their parents, and the community -- all of which can improve the support the teacher gets from those groups.

In some cases, web pages can be created by several teachers. For example, this can be useful for a high school mathematics department, which might prepare pages for each course taught in the department. Each set of pages could contain the relevant curriculum information, specific requirements for all students, goals and objectives for each subject or unit of study, assessment criteria, learner standards, and other information that parents and students might need in order to be successful in classes in that department.

Other examples of group web pages might include grade level curriculum information for each grade level in an elementary school.

The following types of information might be included on web pages for individual classes:

 Information about the teacher: Certification areas, degrees earned, articles published, activities sponsored, civic involvement, and other items.

 Information about the course: Curriculum and content information, prerequisite courses, lists of goals and objectives, learner standards, assessment criteria, and other items.

 Information about learning activities: Specific units of study, types of projects, major assignments, and other items.

 Information about related resources: Reading lists, Internet links to related sites, email links to contributing experts, displays of exemplary student work, and other items.

 Daily information: Announcements to students, daily assignments, and other resources.

 Information for parents and the community: School, grade, department, and class newsletters, lists of business partners and volunteers, meeting schedules, safety procedures, and other information.

 Other resources that may be unique to the class, school, or community.

If the class web page is maintained properly, it can become the central source of information about the things necessary to help every child succeed. It can provide up-to-the-minute information for parents who want to help their children but who have not known what to do or how to do it. The web page can provide valuable information to the community and to parents as they work to support the teacher and the school in the education of their children.

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