1	A New Look for the Brevard Public Schools Web Site Building Improvements to the Current Web Site
2	"Russ Alarie – ET Web..." Russ Alarie – ET Web Group Lynn Clifton – Brevard Schools Foundation Tim Cool - Principal Matt Frey – Technology Research Teacher Gail Hannas – Title I Parenting Specialist Lewis Ruffalo – Curriculum and Instruction Gordon Shupe – Tech Specialist Elizabeth Sivco - District Communications Sara Stern – District Communications Brian Tennort - ET Web Group Sharon Tolson – FDLRS East Director Ginger Wright – Technology Research Teacher Peggy Yelverton – Brevard County Induction Program Andrea Young - ET Web Group
3	"Virginia Beach City Public Schools..." Virginia Beach City Public Schools (http://www.vbcps.k12.va.us/) Atlanta Public Schools (http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/) Dallas Independent School District (http://www.dallasisd.org/) Boulder Valley School District (http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/) Chicago Public Schools (http://www.cps.k12.il.us/) Orange County Public Schools (http://www.ocps.k12.fl.us/) Baltimore City Public Schools (http://www.bcps.k12.md.us/) San Diego City Schools (http://www.sdcs.k12.ca.us/) Minneapolis Public Schools (http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/) Seattle Public Schools (http://www.seattleschools.org/) Yonkers Public Schools (http://www.yonkerspublicschools.org/) Dade County Schools (http://www.dadeschools.net/)
4	"Are you a parent" Are you a parent, teacher, student, volunteer? Parents – 124 Teacher – 34 Students – 2 Volunteer – 13 Other - 11 Have you ever seen our website? Yes – 148 No – 34 Unchecked - 1
5	"Which one of these items..." Which one of these items would you like to see on the website? Top 12 things: 1 – Master Calendar – 91 2 – News alerts/current news – 88 3 – Staff e-mail access – 81 4 – Lunch menus – 78 5 – Employment – 66 6 – Test scores/Reports – 59 7 – School Board Information – 58 8 – School Accountability Report/School Report Cards – 57 9 – School information – 56 10 – Teacher Portal – 52 11 – Volunteer Information – 50 12 – School Board Meeting - 47
6	"How do you connect to..." How do you connect to the internet? 56k modem - 68 High speed internet - 62 DSL - 35 None – 22 ( This would account for the large percentage that have not seen the web site)
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8	"Keep information current" Keep information current Home page will change daily Easier accessibility of information for students, parents, employees, and the community Meets the American’s with Disabilities 508 compliancy standards
9	"Improvement in overall appearance" Improvement in overall appearance Use color to guide the eye Use a portal system to break data into categories (Students, Parents, Employees, Community, About Us)
10	"New domain name will be..." New domain name will be available www.brevard.k12.fl.us WILL NOT go away New choices will be: www.brevardschools (.org, .net) www.brevardedu (.com, .org, .net) www.brevardschoolsedu (.com, .org, .net) www.schoolsofbrevard (.com, .org, .net) www.bpsfl (.org, .net) www.brevardcountyschools (.net) www.brevardpublicschools (.org, .net)
11	"Easier Maintenance for Departments" Easier Maintenance for Departments Home page is broken into modules Can be maintained by multiple employees in a secure manner The only skills needed are MS Word
12	"Interactive Boundary Feature" Interactive Boundary Feature Available through Edulog (transportation) Users will type in an address and the appropriate school will be displayed See http://bus.collier.k12.fl.us/edulog/webquery/ for an example (This will change to our URL when ready) Type in 921 Miraham for the address
13	"In the event of an..." In the event of an emergency and our servers are not available http://emergency.brevard.k12.fl.us Hosted at DOE in Tallahassee This site will be maintained by District Communications
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15	"Community blog will be available" Community blog will be available Blogging is a user friendly means of sharing information across the Internet Example of an un-moderated blog http://204.128.64.243/weblog/ - an un-moderated blog is not recommended for public use Community Discussion Group http://testsite.brevard.k12.fl.us/brevard/blog Simplified version of a Blog
16	"Rollout Plan" Rollout Plan Phase 1 – Complete 08/01/2005 Evaluate data on current web Build the new site based on recommendations from the web committee using data currently posted to the web Get approval from Senior Staff and replace the current web
17	"Phase II – complete 05/2006" Phase II – complete 05/2006 Collect data from customers that will drive new requirements and content to be added to the site Evaluate the site for consistency and logical content flow Test live multicast streaming video (preview this sample from another district http://www.cfbisd.edu/)
18	"Phase III – complete 8/2006" Phase III – complete 8/2006 Live streaming media Interactive rich media Online courseware Possible on-line e-agenda