Activity 1: Web Page Design
Working in small groups, we will explore the resources
below to determine features of good web page design. Then, we will
discuss them as a group. Have one member serve as the facilitator for your group
and another as the recorder to jot down the group's thoughts to refer to
during the class discussion.
The questions your group should address include:
- What are some elements of good web page design?
- What are some design flaws that experts recommend that you avoid?
- Look at Morris and Buckland's "Fixer-Uppers,"
http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/fixups.html. How would you re-design the 4
sites?
Resources
Web Design--the Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly
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Also, tour these links off of the
Morris & Buckland site under Design Resources:
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Designing Class Web Pages Using the UEN "Curriculum Web Sites
(Tours) Editor"
As you know from reading
Web Pages Made Easy by
Jessica Anderson, The UEN Curriculum Web Sites (Tours) Editor
along with My E-desk may be used to develop class web sites.
We will begin by exploring tours that teachers have developed
which are shown at:
http://my.uen.org/myuen/servlet/MyUen%3fservice=process_public&teacher_id=46552
(see the "My Curriculum Web Sites" section).
Then, design a "practice class web site using the Tours
Editor. Use the planning form and information in the handout that
contains selected pages from
Web Pages Made
Easy by Jessica Anderson.
Your "practice page" may be linked to your "My UEN" page,
but you need not make it "public."
NOTE:
You may post your Practice Class Web Page on your public
"My UEN" page without selecting the "Publish" feature. Publish adds your
tour to the UEN
database so that other teachers can search for activities and access
them. If you do not wish to have your tour to be added to the
database, but you do want to make it public so it could be used by
your students, return to your "My UEN" page and use the "Edit"
feature to make the tour public. Then, you simply refer
your students to your "My UEN" URL to view the activity.
General Resources for Designing Class Web Pages
http://eleaston.com/mwp.html#fwp
http://www.esu5.org/techteacher/classwebpages.htm#gettingstarted
Group Discussion
Be prepared to participate in a group discussion regarding:
- What options do teachers have for publishing class web pages
(e.g., Tours Editor vs. HTML editing programs such as Dreamweaver,
Netscape Composer, etc.). What are the pros and cons of
different methods?
- What guidelines does your district expect you to follow in
developing and posting Class Web Pages? What resources are
available to you?
- What are the benefits/drawbacks of developing a class web
page?
- Have you or will you develop a class web page? If so,
what method will you use?
