Mission Statement
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
Site Navigation Aids
Information on Accessibility
Feedback/Site Evaluation

Mission Statement:

I would like to develop an improved website to assist me in presenting, communicating information, and providing resources about engaged learning to the participants in the engaged learning course for the Rockford Public Schools TEEL (Technolgoy Enhanced Engaged Learning) Program.

Target Audience:

Participants in the TEEL (Technology Enhanced Engaged Learning) grant-funded program in my district

Learning Objectives (Illinois Professional Teaching Standards):

1A. Understands the processes of inquiry central to the discipline.

1G. Engages students in generating and testing knowledge according to the process of inquiry and standards of evidence of the discipline.

1K. Faciliates learning experiences that make connections to other content areas and to life and career experiences.

3G. Makes appropriate provisions (in terms of time and circumstances for work, tasks assigned, communication, and response modes) for individual students who have particular learning differences or needs.

4E. Understands how to integrate technology into classroom instruction.

4I. Establishes expectations for student learning.

6F. Uses multiple teaching and learning strategies to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance capabilities and that help students assume responsibility for identifying and using learning resources.

6J. Uses a wide range of instructional technologies to enhance student learning.

Site Navigation Aids:

You can use the buttons in the navigation bar on that runs along the left side of the sceen to jump to a submenu, or use the pop-up menus that are over each button to jump directly to a specific page. You can also jump to the submenus by using the navigation links at the bottom of each screen.

Information on Accessibility:

It is important that persons with disabilities can access the electronic and information technology.Therefore, when designing webpages, it is important to take issues of accessibiltiy into consideration. Some of the considerations to make when designing webpages to allow for maximum access to your page by all individuals are the following:

• When working with content in tables (except for page layout purposes), each table element should contain a summary" attribute that briefly describes the table structure and purpose. Table headers should be used to label rows or columns of data. Identify table headers by using the TH (table header) element instead of the TD (table cell) element.
• Vertical navigation bars are more easily read by screen readers than vertical navigation bars.
• It's best not to have more than one link on each line.
• Moving, blinking, or flashing text can be distracting or unreadable by screen readers.
• People with vision problems have no way of knowing when color alone is used to differenciate text.
• Headings, bulleted lists, and tables can cause problems when using a screen reader

Assessibility Resources:

Microsoft and Assessibility
American Distance Education Consorium: Assessibility Issues
An Educators Guide to Access Issues
Department of Justice: Section 508
Practical Assessibility: Core Concepts
ADA Web Assessibility Checklist
Making Your Site Assessible
Bobby: Test Your Page's Assessibility

Feedback/Site Evaluation:

I would greatly appreciate your constructive criticism of this site! Please email me to let me know how you think this site could be improved.