Project Objectives:

• Demonstrate effective use of the internet in gathering a variety of information
• Practice in planning and developing a web site that makes use of internet resources and provides  meaningful resources for teaching and learning
• Demonstrate the ability to examine and present a topic and convey meaning via a web site
• Hands-on experience in building and publishing a web site

The web site will link students to relevant resources on the www.  Time permitting, you will develop one activity involving language arts, math, social studies, and/or science using your web site as a resource.

Some of the things the page might provide are:

• Links to the history, geographical location, cultural ties or industry of the subject, hobby or interest  (social studies).
• Links to the weather dependence, source of the materials, or mechanics of the subject, hobby or interest  (science).
• Links to the finances, distances between locations or statistics of the subject, hobby or interest  (math).
• Links to newspaper references, sport teams, museums of the subject, hobby or interest   (language arts)

The web site project will be completed  in class and with some materials gathered in between the two weekends.
 

You and your partner will complete this guide in class.  You should use this guide in soft copy form as you proceed through the activity. A paper copy of the guide should be completed, printed out and submitted on Sunday afternoon of the second weekend.

ACTIVITY 1. DECIDING WHAT TO INVESTIGATE  - Weekend one

1. What is the subject, hobby or interest you want to convey?
2. What are some of hoped for learning goals your web site might provide?
3. What grade level(s) will the site be used for?
4. Below include a list of brainstormed ideas you might include in your web site that would enhance student learning.

ACTIVITY 2. GATHERING INFORMATION -Weekend one, two and in-between weekends

1. Use Web directories, search engines, and other tools to find the needed information for inclusion in the page.

List your links by copying and pasting them into a file.

Gather graphics, photos, pictures etc. to enhance the content of your site.

1. Based on your web site think about and develop an activity (time permitting) your students might complete.
2. Time will not allow full completion of this activity planning however...

• Identify learning goals.
• Create a brief outline of the activity

 

ACTIVITY 4. DEVELOPING THE WEB SITE- Weekend Two

1. Create a web site that will be useful for students and teachers to use in relation to the subject,  hobby or interest you have chosen.  The web site should include the following elements:

 o Two linked pages that you develop
 o One picture taken with the digital camera
 o One public domain image
 o Varying size fonts
 o Background color or tiling
 o A table
 o Internal anchors
 o Two links to another web page
 o Links back to the class page on each page
 o A list- (bullets or numbered)
 o Horizontal line
 o  A mailto: link
 

2. Be prepared to comment in class on your site development experiences, design rationale and  to show your page to the rest of the class.
3. List three ways you might use web development in your classroom to enhance student learning.