Gen Y - Program and Curriculum Guide

Section II: Unit 8: Publishing on the Web

• Understanding Web Pages and Design
• Creating Web Pages
  • HTML
  • Web-authoring software
• Critiquing Web Pages
• Advanced Web Page Skills
  • linking to external resources
  • databases
  • frames
  • Java
  • XML

Unit 8 contains:

• Overview
• The Gen Y View
• Project ideas
• Terms to know
• 11 Infopages (handouts, quizzes, scripts, etc. on CD-ROM and online)
• Standards
• Activities with Prioritized Objectives
• 5 Lesson Plans - for one or more classroom periods. Each with:
  • Materials
  • Pre-lesson checklist
  • Background information
  • Procedures
• Assessment (print and online)
• Activity extensions
• Related issues
• Teacher Toolkit
• Alternate activities if hardware is not working

Evaluate the full curriculum guide. Click here for details.

Sample Sections

Unit 8: Publishing on the Web Overview
The Web has become an efficient and cost-effective means for disseminating information. There is little doubt that the advent of both the Internet and the Web has transformed and will continue to transform the ways in which information is published in the world. Virtually anyone�from the largest multinational corporation to the individual student�at school or at home�can become an information provider to the world. The Web has the potential of becoming the great information equalizer.

The technology for creating and hosting a Web site is relatively inexpensive and the development tools are readily learned. The evolving principles of Web page design as well as tutorials for creating Web pages and sites are readily available on the Web itself. Many authors who write about the Internet as a publishing medium refer to the democratization of publishing. The fact that ordinary individuals are able, for the first time in history, to inexpensively express their thoughts, ideas, and creations to a potentially global audience of millions of readers and viewers carries with it a tremendous responsibility to do so with honesty and integrity.

The educational implications of Web publishing are extraordinary. Students can access as well as create complex learning environments using hyperlinked, Web-based resources. When contrasted with conventional forms of student publication such as book reports, term papers, and school newspapers, the transformative potential of Web publishing is unequivocal.

This unit introduces students to the standards of Web page creation and design. It provides students with criteria for evaluating Web pages and sites. The unit prepares students to create basic Web pages and also extends the skills and understanding of those students with previous electronic publishing experience.

Activities & Prioritized Objectives

Following the completion of Unit 8, students will be able to:

Activity 1�Understanding Web Pages and Design
	1.1	Understand the differences between viewing a Web page with a browser and viewing the source code
	1.2	Read about and discuss the elements of good Web design (InfoPages 8A and 8B)
	1.3	Identify elements of good Web design in sample Web pages (Use InfoPage 8C)
	1.4	Describe how Web page developers can make accommodations for disabled users (InfoPage 8D)
Activity 2�Creating Student Web Pages (HTML)
	2.1	Understand the content required for a student portfolio or Gen Y resume for a Web page
	2.2	Create a storyboard for individual student Web pages
	2.3	Use HTML to produce, save, and prepare for uploading student Web page(s) which include: inserted images and text inserted horizontal lines inserted links and anchors inserted and formatted tables an embedded e-mail address a copyright notice and date of last update
Activity 3�Creating Student Web Pages (Web-Authoring Software)
	(The objectives remain the same as in Activity 2; students use a different application to achieve the same objectives.)
	3.1	Understand the content required for a student portfolio or Gen www.Y resume for a Web page
	3.2	Create a storyboard for individual student Web pages
	3.3	Use HTML to produce, save, and prepare for uploading student Web page(s) which include: inserted images and text inserted horizontal lines inserted links and anchors inserted and formatted tables an embedded e-mail address a copyright notice and date of last update
Activity 4�Digital Video
	4.1	Discuss the school district guidelines for publishing on the Web and procedures for posting to the server
	4.2	Present student Web pages to the class
	4.3	Using a rubric, critique Web pages presented by other students in the Gen Y class
Activity 5�Advanced Web-Page Skills
	5.1	Link an external resource (e.g., PowerPoint presentation or HyperStudio stack) to a Web page
	5.2	Link a Web page to a database
	5.3	Incorporate frames or Java applets on a Web page
	5.4	Increase direct HTML coding capabilities and use
	5.5	Use XML or other advanced programming codes

Next: Unit 9: Presentation Tools and Skills

Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3 | Unit 4 | Unit 5 | Unit 6 | Unit 7 | Unit 8 | Unit 9 | Unit 10