| Standards Addressed |
- 13.2. B Analyze and evaluate
complex technical tasks using sophisticated processes.
- 13.2. F Analyze
performance-based assessments components.
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| Brief Overview |
Student will be able to create a
Web site complete with text, graphics and hypertext links. Navigation
buttons, backgrounds, and audiovisual effects will be used and projects
will be placed on the internet. |
| Grade Level |
11th and 12th |
| Content Area(s) |
Career Education, Technology
Lab, Language Arts |
| Other standards supported |
PDE-GGC, ASCA-NSSCP, PDE-SCEW,
1.1.11B, 1.1.11D, 1.1.11G, 1.2.11A |
| Prep Time |
1 hour |
| Implementation Time |
10 to 15 hours |
| Learning Objectives |
Students will be able to create
and publish their own Web site, expand on students’ critical thinking
skills as they organize information for distribution over the Internet,
and define Internet terms. Students will critique their own work and
classmates’ work. |
| Materials Needed |
Computer with Internet access,
Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Internet
Explorer, Microsoft Works, printer. |
| Detailed Activity Steps |
- Decide on an idea for the
Web site.
- Think about the types of
information to publish on a Web site (i.e. recent class project,
cultural backgrounds of students, school-sponsored activity in
community, etc.).
- Use Internet to visit other
school Web sites for design ideas, such as “The Global Schoolhouse”.
- Create single-page or
multi-page Web sites.
- Use Microsoft publisher and
convert existing documents (school newsletters, flyers, etc.) to Web
site pages.
- Start Publisher and select
Web Site PageWizard. Follow the on-screen steps to create a
multi-page Web site layout. Save work.
- Add Text and Graphics.
- Type web page text directly into the web layout.
- Proofread and spell check file.
- Replace a picture.
- Insert clip art.
- Add Hyperlinks.
- Follow steps for adding hyperlink from software manual.
- Add a story or text related to hyperlink.
- Follow Tips for Web Design.
- Add new pages to Web site document.
- Scan in drawings, photos, graphic elements.
- Insert images.
- Revise or add graphics.
- Provide links to Web pages.
- Publish the Web page to a folder.
- Proofread Web page.
- Have another student proofread Web page.
- Make changes as needed.
- Publish Web site to folder following written instructions.
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| Theory basis |
Experiential Learning Theory |
| Evaluation/Assessment |
- Students will assess each other’s Web sites
based on checklist of features.
- Teacher will evaluate Web site before it is
published, based on correct grammar and spelling, and Microsoft features
incorporated.
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| Comments |
- Prerequisite skills include knowing how to
open a document in Microsoft Word and to use Word’s features; Microsoft
Publisher, and access World Wide Web using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Students must read and proofread other
students’ Web sites.
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| Enhancement Activities |
Enhance the
Web site. (www.projectcool.com) |
| Adaptation for at risk kids |
Adapt per IEP. |
| Resources |
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