Recognizing the most useful, informative,
and easy-to-use sites on the MCPS web
“Ultimately, users visit
your web site for its content. Everything else is just
the backdrop. The design is there to allow people to
access the content.” —Jakob
Nielsen, web usability expert
Congratulations to the Winners of the
1st Annual MCPS Best of the Web Awards at the first
Webmaster Convocation on March 7, 2005!
Essential but sometimes unsung
contributors to the growth and value of the MCPS
Web over the past 10 years.
Paul Bruening, Division
of School-Based Special Education Services for building
an athletics database and Web site that connects
fans of high school sports to events, schools, and
teams.
Bonny Chambers, Pine Crest Elementary
School and Dara Feldman, Garrett
Park Elementary School for gathering the resources
and financing to grow early childhood technology
and Web literacy and for bringing national recognition
to MCPS.
Marty Creel, Office of Curriculum
and Instructional Programs for creating a field
trips database Web Site that makes it easy for teachers
to organize social studies field trips tailored
to the curriculum.
Carrie D'Amour, John
F. Kennedy High School for collaborating in the
creation of the Homework Board, bane of assignment-avoiding
students everywhere — but a boon to their
parents.
John Day, Springbrook High School
for bringing social studies to life via the Web
and writing grants that brought technology to children
in the classroom.
Susan Eskite, Web
Services for lending an artist's eye and hand to
Web design and recognizing early on the importance
of placing as much MCPS information on the Web as
possible.
Missy Gumula, Department
of Reporting and Regulatory Accountability for serving
the public's right to know by curating the Board
of Education's policies Web site and the Schools-At-A-Glance
Web site — and for making it easy for staff
to find those oh-so-vital forms on the Web.
David Michelson, Department of
Planning and Capital Programs for harnessing the
power of the GIS system and bringing it to the Web
to enable home buyers, realtors, and staff to match
an address to a school boundary.
Bill Mills, Electronic Graphics
and Publishing Services for his many photos, which
capture the passion of education in action and humanize
the MCPS Web.
Mary O'Haver, Fairland and Piney
Branch Elementary Schools for making technology
and the Web come alive in the classroom, in the
curriculum, and in students' hands and minds.
Brian Porter, Chief of Staff
for seeing the Web's potential as a vital systemwide
and community communications link, especially in
emergencies.
