Frequently Asked Questions

How do you make your literacy wheel?

There are a few ways to make this wheel.  First I use one of the two circle rotation sheets below.  To make this one, I copied the eight circle rotation sheet onto an overhead.  Then, I used one of my teammate's large circle buckets to make a circle on a large sheet of poster board.  I used the overhead to help me line up where the divisions would go.  Using a yard stick, I made the lines.  Then I printed out clipart and words and glued it on accordingly.  I then enlarged the circle template and colored each of the divisions accordingly.  In the past, I made a board by enlarging the circle template on our copy machine.  Then, I printed off clipart and wording and glued it onto the circle.  Then, I took the circle with the clipart to Fed-Ex/Kinkos and had it enlarged to poster size.  It was not as solid, so I had to attached the paper onto poster board and color the clip art.  To help preserve all of the wheels, I laminated them.  My old wheel was really big, so I had to cut it in half to fit it through the laminating machine.  This wheel just fit!  

Circle Rotation (4 sections)             Circle Rotation (8 sections)

 


How do/did you start your own website?
Wow, I will try my best to give as much information as I can for this now. I plan to add more information in the future. I started out by using myschoolonline.com for a classroom website when I was completing my technology course for my Masters. They had templates and just required you to fill in your information. Scholastic now has the same thing. However, I became intrigued by all of the AMAZING teacher sites out there that were definitely not done with fill in the blank templates. I then played around with Microsoft Front Page and taught myself (with the help of online resources) how to make my own pages, link them and find graphics. I had an older version of Front Page and when I looked to upgrade it, Microsoft discontinued it. However, Microsoft came out with Microsoft Expression Web and there are some free 60 day trials to test out the product.  Front Page is compatible to Expression Web and both I feel are very easy to use. I did not take any classes for making the site, and I have limited knowledge, but I keep learning and exploring more daily!  I also created my own domain name (www.misscampioni.com) through LunarPages.  You can get free domain names and website hosts, but you have limited bandwidth. I paid for mine (a very reasonable amount) so I could have the photos and graphics load faster. 
Here are some great resources that I found were helpful for me:
The Virtual Vine- Frequently Asked Questions About Creating a Website
The Busy Teacher's Cafe- Webpage Tutorial
TeacherWeb- one free to build your own site with guidance


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