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Web Publishing

Information and options for publishing a personal web site.

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Publish your own web site

The World Wide Web provides the opportunity for anyone with an internet connection to share information with a vast global audience - previously the domain of mega-rich media moguls!

While the promise of the Internet has always been access to global publishing for everyone, the technology to make this a reality has always been a bit of a hurdle.

While the browsing and consuming of information on the web has always been relatively simple (and most often the focus of school activities), the creating and publishing of information on the web has been more complicated.

Some new on-line applications - known as Web 2.0, Read/Write Web, The Cloud - are now making the publishing of information on the web much more accessible. These applications provide some exciting new opportunities for those of us in the education sector.

These pages discuss some options available to educators to engage in web publishing opportunities for both themselves, their students and their school communities.

Web Publishing Options

We have two broad software options when creating a web site:
• using software that is installed on a computer ("traditional"), or
• using online software, through a web browser ("read-write web")...


Traditional Web Publishing		Read-Write (Cloud) Web Publishing

Use software installed on your computer to create and publish a fully featured web site on the Internet or school Intranet.		Use a web browser to create & publish web sites, blogs, photo albums, etc, on any computer or mobile device connected to the Internet.

See also:

Web Publishing - Beginner's Options: How to get started publishing a web page. Includes some background information, along with links to sites where you can start right now. Create your web site in under 15 minutes!
Traditional & Web 2.0 Combo: This demo site gives an example of how a school can have the best of both worlds by embedding Web 2.0 sites, or feeds, within a traditional web site.
Wazza's Blog Information: Choosing a blog provider, getting started using a blog.

Wazza's Intranet Page: Provides information and examples about setting up a school intranet for publishing students' and teachers' web sites on your school network, rather than the Internet.
RSS & Twitter: Integrating live feeds in your website.
School Newsletters: Some electronic alternatives for your school newsletter.
Publishing to Dropbox: If you don't have a web server at school, Dropbox may be a useful option to host teachers' or students' project web sites.