CAT -- Notes from Meeting with Lusher: 16 August 2000

Lusher Alternative Elementary School

Feedback from teachers concerning their interests for the Lusher website, 16 August 2000

Organize the site by teams > departments > individual teachers
Post expectations of their students
Provide general news about the school
Post the school's philosophy for integrating arts into the curriculum
Gradebooks
Teacher outlines
Maps and directions to athletic events
Assignments, due dates
A calendar for the school, a teacher, a grade
Post instructions for student projects
Give famous quotes by artists
Provide health facts
Information about arts events in and around New Orleans
Resources for parents on raising teens
Resources for teenagers on being a teenager, growing up, etc.
Have a conferencing system such as WebBoard
Post students' work
Images
Virtual tours of places of interest
Provide a means of communication with parents
Have an address book with addresses of teachers, administrators, students, and parents
Put the card catalog online
Post a recommended summer reading list with reviews (such as done at Amazon.com)
Post the entire curriculum
Post the Lusher letter

Provide resources for international families
Post lesson plans
A scrolling "URGENT NEWS" line
School calendar
Class or teacher calendars
Provide a means for communicating with parents
Use a virtual bulletin board for posting important messages
Provide resources for parents on parenting skills, helping your kids succeed in school, etc.
Provide a recommended summer curriculum
Have a gallery
Send notices to parents
Post homework and assignments
Provide a map that depicts that cultural diversity of Lusher
Project plans and deadlines
Resources that would help parents contact each other
Post the card catalog online
Post a supply wish list that would help parents know what's needed and when

A source of excessive e-mail (we noted that it may be important to establish policies about response time, etc.)
A way to avoid face-to-face communication with parents and students
Outdated
Unmanageable