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<p>Some cleanup that I did (that might inform future process).<br>
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<li>On the <a
href="https://sites.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/test-google-sites/math-fact-mountains">Math
Fact Mountains webpage</a></li>
<ul>
<li>Remove text styling (bold, font size). I'm guessing the
text was pasted from somewhere, bringing in its own styling
and overriding the site's default styling (the default
styling makes the site look cohesive and allows for future
site-wide style changes).</li>
<li>Remove the embedded Google Drive folder with the
worksheets and manually link each worksheet instead. It's
more work upfront, but they shouldn't change much, and a
more streamlined presentation is achieved.</li>
<li>Use actual formatting (so it gets styled): paragraphs,
lists<br>
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<li>In the <a
href="https://sites.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/test-google-sites/math-fact-mountains/workspace">Workspace
for Math Fact Mountains</a></li>
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<li>Change the title from "Workspace" to "Workspace for Math
Fact Mountains". Page titles often show up in places
without context. The page address remains just
"math-fact-mountains/workspace".</li>
<li>Link to the Math Fact Mountain Google Drive folder at the
top of the webpage instead of embeding it in the webpage.
Avoids a blank space where the embed should be when not
logged into the PTA account (with the link prompted a login
if need be).</li>
<li>Clean up formatting: use headers and actual numbered lists
(instead of manually numbered lines)</li>
</ul>
<li>Site Change</li>
<ul>
<li>Replace "First in Math" Resource entry in site footer with
"Math" page that points to both First in Math and Math Fact
Mountains, and link back the the math resource listing from
those two pages<br>
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On 02/27/2014 05:23 PM, David E.F. Klein wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dave (and anyone else interested),
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<div>I just spent an hour testing the future of the PTA using
Math Fact Mountains as an example. A brief summary is below:</div>
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<div>I created a new page on the PTA test website with a general
description of what the mountains are, what the process for
completing them is, the mountain names, contact information,
etc. I made all of this information up because I couldn't find
it anywhere on the current school or PTA sites. It would be
great to also have a link to the forms themselves so people
could print them out at home and maybe a pretty picture of a
happy kid pointing at his/her name on the wall. This is the
basic stuff that all parents should know but don't until they
painfully piece it together over the years.</div>
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target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/test-google-sites/math-fact-mountains</a></div>
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<div>I also created a link at the bottom of this web page to a
second web page called "workspace". This page has the
background information for the PTA Chair and other volunteers
about what the heck they are supposed to do and how. This page
also has a direct link to the PTA Google drive (discussed
next) so that all the relevant information can be found in one
place. If you are logged into the website as a PTA member you
can see it. If you are just a random Joe Blow you can't.</div>
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<div>I then created a new folder on the PTA Google drive. This
folder contains the word template for printing the names to
post on the wall. It also contains a subfolder of all of the
word lists sent to me each week by Judy of the names of the
students that passed the tests. It could also have budget info
or any other random stuff.</div>
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<div>The thought behind all of this is that with a little bit of
up front effort, this particular task is good to go in the
future if I get hit by a bus. Anyone in the PTA can get to the
info and now knows what to do with it. We should be able to
the same for any other PTA events or activities.</div>
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<div>Thoughts?</div>
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<div>David</div>
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