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Teachers and Educators
Participate in Building Florida Knowledge on the Web!
FloridaSMART started as an educational
directory for Florida and has remained committed to provided the best
educational links specific to Florida.
Educators, help build the largest Florida
Subject directory on the web by participating in our Adopt-a-page editor
program. This program will help students and educators save time
searching and researching by building on each others knowledge and
research in one reliable place - FloridaSMART!
Choose any Florida Subject currently in
your curriculum (i.e. Florida Frogs, Florida Wetlands, Florida
Government, etc.) and then add internet research to your curriculum. Add
and update links on the FloridaSMART Directory page that corresponds to
your subject. (Note that all links added must pertain to Florida within
the subject).
It is easy and allows your students to
see their hard work recognized!
What your class receives for their
efforts and commitment for helping to build a better Florida Educational
oriented directory:
- Free web page/s to display your project or
any additional information on the subject that your class could not
locate on the internet. (For example: if you students find information
about a specific Florida Flower in a book that could not be found
online, this is a great way to add to the list of links for Florida
Flowers by adding your own page of research!) This page can also be used
to add an article, classroom activity ideas related to the subject, etc.
In short, this page is where you can expand your topic to help others
find the information online.
- Recognition as a FloridaSMART Adopt-a-page
Classroom with a banner to display
it on your own site.
- Recognition on the pages of FloridaSMART
that you Adopt. You choose the type of recognition that will be displayed on the
pages you manage: school name, classroom, group name, nickname etc. This
information will appear at the bottom of the pages between the listings
and the footer (only upon request).
- A link to your school or classroom homepage
(only upon request).
Your students will also have the pride
and satisfaction that the work they complete in helping to build the
FloridaSMART directory will be recognized and will be helpful to
others.
Requirements and How to get
started
- The only requirements are to complete the
FloridaSMART Adopt-a-page Editor Form and let us know what page or pages
you would like to Adopt and enthusiasm!
- You will then be contacted by our
Adopt-a-page (AAP) Manager who will provide you several helpful tools
and tips including a website URL for your class project. (Use of this
page is optional).
How to Edit the Pages
- The best way to start is to introduce the
site to your students and have them go through the links that are
already listed. You can have them critique them, write descriptions for
them, or report any bad links. In finding a bad link, they can try to
find what happened to the link and update the URL. Note, if you are
starting a new subject page that does not yet exist, this first step is
obviously not needed.
- Once they are familiar with the links that
are already there, it is time to start the research and search for
additional links to be added.
- While finding links pertaining to the
subject, students should describe the site they are recommending be
added to the directory.
- Teachers can send updates to your AAP
(Adopt-a-page) Manager each day, once a week or at the end of your
project, it is up to you. We recommend that you send them as often as
possible so that the students can see their updates and be encouraged to
find more.
Please note FloridaSMART has the right to
refuse any links and to remove any participants in the Adopt-a-page
Program at any time we deem necessary.
FloridaSMART holds the non-exclusive rights to publish
and modify all site descriptions submitted to us. FloridaSMART also
holds the non-exclusive rights to publish the web page that your class
creates for our site.
Contact
us for more information on this and other programs. Or click here to
complete the online form to get started today!
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