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Jennie Bales

9 Principles of Good Web Design - read our guidelines to consider - 0 views

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    "An effective website design should fulfill its intended function by conveying its particular message whilst simultaneously engaging the visitor. Several factors such as consistency, colours, typography, imagery, simplicity and functionality all contribute to good website design."
Jennie Bales

What Makes a Good Library Website? - InfoSpace - 0 views

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    "Some library websites feel disconnected from the library as a whole. Rather than looking at a library's web presence as a burden or an obligation, libraries should see their website as an extension of the library itself. Like the physical library space, library collections, and library services and programs, the library's website is an iterative project that requires maintenance and care. Websites should be updated and evaluated regularly. They must strive to meet the specific needs of the community the library serves."
Jennie Bales

Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility - Accessibility in government - 0 views

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    "The dos and don'ts of designing for accessibility are general guidelines, best design practices for making services accessible in government. Currently, there are six different posters in the series that cater to users from these areas: low vision, D/deaf and hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers."
Jennie Bales

School Library Websites: Essential Features And Examples - The Edublogger - 1 views

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    "our school library's website is an extension of the physical library and serves many of the same purposes. For many students, your website might be their first point of contact with the library, so it's critical that it provides visitors with the same positive experience they'd have at your physical library. "
Jennie Bales

7 Best Practices for Creating a User Friendly Library Website - 2 views

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    "A challenging library website is a research roadblock to an already time-constrained student. Here are 7 Best Practices to ensure your website is utilized by all your students and meets their expectations."
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How User-Friendly Is Your Website? | American Libraries Magazine - 1 views

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    Guidance on library website design
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School Library Website - User Friendly and Learner Centered - - 0 views

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    Basic information about website design for school libraries
Jennie Bales

Web Accessibility for Designers | August - 0 views

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    "Web accessibility makes it easier for people to use the web. It creates a better user experience for a wider audience. It's not just targeted towards people with disabilities."
Jennie Bales

What Should Be on a School Library Web Page? - 1 views

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    The school library media Web page is a recent development, but as schools, classrooms, and society have become connected to the Internet, media specialists throughout the world are designing and maintaining Web pages for their programs. You will want to begin by fol-lowing some general guidelines for effective Web design, ensuring that your site is easily navigated by all different types of users and viewable in many different browsers.
Jennie Bales

The School Library Media Specialist - 1 views

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    The school library media center offers a wide variety of resources and opportunities. However, the enthusiastic leadership of a teacher librarian is essential to bring the potential of information and learning resources alive for both teachers and students. Designed primarily as a tool for a university course at Indiana University at Indianapolis, this website is available to anyone who wants to learn more about the role of the school library media specialist in today's schools.
Jennie Bales

Hypertext Fiction: Interactive Learning Adventures in Education - 0 views

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    This website was designed to teach about the educational implications of hypertext fiction in education. On this site, you can explore current research in the area of hypertext and education. In addition, you can try out a sample of hypertext fiction created based on research by Hayes-Roth (1998)
Jennie Bales

11 Free Reading Websites for Kids - 1 views

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    "Free resources are always a teacher's dream, but when it comes to free sites to use during reading instruction the choices can be few and far between. Whether you are looking for a site to use during the Daily 5's "Listen to Reading" time or want to provide students with a fun early-finisher activity, the sites below are ideal. Designed for elementary age students, these reading sites are both free and kid-friendly."
Jennie Bales

Best Apps and Websites for Learning Programming and Coding | Common Sense Education - 1 views

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    Computers intersect with every aspect of kids' lives, but most kids don't understand how they work. Through coding, students build essential literacy skills, gain an understanding of logic and sequence, and learn the mechanics of iteration. These tools support project-based learning and give students the freedom to create, collaborate, hack, remix, and tinker with their own unique designs. Using these picks, kids can unlock the logic of code and the basics of programming, turning computers into tools to make new things.
Jennie Bales

All About Explorers - 0 views

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    This lesson was developed as part of a project begun in Centennial School District to teach Internet literacy skills to fifth grade students. The project began with the creation of this web site, which contains fictional biographies of world explorers, and a series of lessons designed to introduce students to the idea that the Internet is a less reliable source of information than print sources, and while there is an abundance of information available at our fingertips, researchers need to think critically about the facts found there.
Jennie Bales

Readability Checker - Readability score test - 1 views

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    "Readability calculator (a.k.a reading level checker) helps you to successfully identify what grade kid could easily read and understand your article / text."
Jennie Bales

Readable | Free Readability Test Tool - 1 views

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    "The Readability Test Tool provides a quick and easy way to test the readability of your work."
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Juicy Studio: Readability Test - 0 views

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    "This service analyses the readability of all rendered content. Unfortunately, this will include navigation items, and other short items of content that do not make up the part of the page that is intended to be the subject of the readability test. "
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AUTOMATIC READABILITY CHECKER, a Free Readability Formula Consensus Calculator - 0 views

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    "Our Automatic Readability Checker takes a sample of your writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, syllables, and characters in your sample. Our program takes the output of these numbers and plugs them into seven popular readability formulas. These readability formulas (see below) will let you know the reading level and grade level of your text and help you determine if your audience can read your writing."
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