LECTURE DISCUSSION

	How is the Internet used?
	Why create a web site?
	What makes a web site interesting?
	What are the reasons why people visit web sites one time vs. repetitive visits?
	How can a web site be created?

	What Makes a good web site? Fill out this work sheet and examine what YOU like. Surf the Internet and share your "favorite" web sites by using this structured work sheet
	Use a search engine and make a list of 10 things which make a web site less than great.  This list may give you a good start. Start here.
	Complete this webQuest to totally convince me of your knowledge

 

	Learn HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language) through use of a web-based tutorial. Learn Web Design  tutorial from www.tucows.com is an excellent guide. (Get into it through the Canadian Mirror)  We will use the  overhead projector to show the tutorial. You will use Microsoft Notepad to actually do the lessons described in the tutorial.  Depending on the level of the class, and the time element, we may progress from the Basic level through Advanced and even go to Artists Tips and Tricks.  HTML Cheat Sheet
	Create a FrontPage web page from the HTML code in the TUCOWS Basic Tutorial.
	Create a web page in Notepad by altering your code taken from the TUCOWS Basic tutorial.  Entitle your page, "My Holiday/ Vacation."  Include these components. EXTRA CREDIT: Go on in the TUCOWS website and learn more.  Show me your new knowledge via a web page creation!

 

Create a paper and pencil, thumbnail sketched, plan of a personal hobby web site you wish to create, and the associated links you wish to include. A flow chart may be used.  Instructional sheet

	Now use a web site featuring a web page design template to create a personal/hobby web page. www.geocities.com and  www.tripod.com and www.webmonkey.com are  easy to use sites.  Still Need Help? Tripod Tutorial
	Earn your grade by meeting the points in this checklist Web Templates Rubric

	Use web page design software, such as FrontPage, to create a personal/hobby web page.
	FrontPage can be intuitively discovered, with help from your new knowledge of HTML, the Help Menu, and previous experiences with Microsoft Word. Can you do everything listed on this checklist? Still need help?  Try these links Atomic Learning Tutorials  http://www.animationfactory.com/ Don't have FrontPage at home? There are several spots where FrontPage may be downloaded for free for 30 days or more.
	Some sites will host your new site for free if you just plan to regularly update it. Do a web search to locate several free web page host sites for web pages designed with FrontPage and HTML. There are different user requirements for different hosts. Have me verify you have done this!

 

 

	We will have designated presentation days to "show-off" your personal/hobby web sites created with FrontPage and/or web page design template from the web.
	Web page Rubric

	Create three similar web sites, all containing the same subject matter, using the three web site development methods taught (HTML using Microsoft Notepad, FrontPage, and web-based template.)
	The web sites must be created for a non-profit organization or business with which you are familiar (perhaps an employer, boy/girl scouts, school-related group, etc.)
	The rubric below will be used to grade all three web sites from each student/team, or, to grade the best of the three sites, as chosen by the student/team.
	Word process a letter to the business represented in the web page and offer it to them for public use. Include the offer of your services to modify the web site.  Consider contacting the client and including them during the development process (thereby acting as a real Web Page Design Consultant/Developer!
	Web page Rubric
	Chris P's final project