There's an excellent article in this month's EduTopia about this - the lack of a CMS appropriate to a good school website, and the failure of most schools to conceive a web page that is anything other than a school analogue: a place where kids wander from room to room with little purpose other than being told to go. Building a web page from the need to collaborate, the need to create common meanings, and the need to get easy information about mundane things makes much more sense, and each school is pretty different.
Joe Beckmann -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Mondesire Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:21 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Content Management systems... I got the following question from one of folks on a local edcuation list/serve and figured I'd post to you wonderfully resourceful here. I have cc'd my compatriot and if you'd like to respond to hime directly as opposed to the group if the details are too specific for the whole group, please do. Thanks! Paul Mondesire _________________________________________________________________ Does anyone have any tips for using a Content Management System (CMS) for a school website? PS166 currently has a website at ps166.org as do many of the other schools in the district. I think that use of a CMS such as Mambo might provide incredible power to designated parents and teachers to put up their own content and take the load of a central web admin. Web hosting plans with free CMSs are now commonly available for as little as $5/month. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
