Introduction:
In the previous lesson, the students learned the basics of web design and started planning their sites ( Wading through the Web). If your students did not complete this lesson, they will need to have completed some planning process for the creation of their web sites. Once they have completed the planning, they are ready to start learning about how to make web pages.
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Resources:
- computer, a web design tool, and server space or a CD
- sample checklist in (.doc) or (.rtf)
- sample negotiated assessment (.doc) or (.rtf)
- resource page of tutorials
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Activities:
Task One - Tutorial
Because each school will have different resources, Journalism Studies 20 cannot provide the tutorial you will need. However, the resources page has a number of links to tutorials for various web design tools. If the one you need is not there, an advanced search with the word tutorial and the name of the software or language will often produce resources. You could also create your own using screen captures and post it on your school's site.
Task Two - Authoring the Site
As students are working through the designing, it is a good idea to encourage the class to become technical support for each other. Because technology changes so rapidly, it is unlikely that the teacher understands all parts of it better than every student in the class. When working with technology, it is often beneficial if the teacher becomes a member of the community of learners. When you don't know the answer to a technical questions, you ask the class if anyone knows, or experiment until you figure it out.
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