The Online Classroom Community Build Your Own Website is a service that allows you, the teacher, to create a comprehensive Web site for your classroom with simple, point and click tools. Through the use of advisory panels comprised of teachers representing a wide range of grade levels, subjects, and technical expertise, the system was developed to ensure genuine usefulness within real classrooms. With few exceptions, the tools you will find in Build Your Own Website are the direct result of teacher, student, parent, and administrator recommendations. In addition, every new tool begins with the design of the user interface. If a new tool does not pass the "point and click simplicity" test, it is not released. The educational mission of WGTE Public Broadcasting is to promote and enhance education though the development and distribution of educational materials and tools. To this end, you will find that Build Your Own Website provides several advantages that you won’t find anywhere else: PRICE – the service is priced much lower than any comparable service you may find on the market. FEATURE RICH – the product has taken years to develop and includes all of the tools that our advisory panel of educators was looking for in their own classrooms. CONSTANTLY EVOLVING – in order to meet the changing needs of educators and the advance of technology, we are making continuous upgrades. RELIABLE – Hosted on a dedicated, high-end server with temperature control and 24/7 support, high performance is coupled with low down-time. Multiple redundant OC3 pipes ensure hassle-free traffic, and multiple redundant SQL 2000 databases keep your data secure and available when you need it. To learn more about how Build Your Own Website empowers teachers to achieve greater success, please Take a Tour of the Service. If you have any questions, or would simply like to discuss how Build Your Own Website can be a part of your classroom, do not hesitate to send us an email or give us a call at 419-380-4632.