Web Development and Design
With Mary Ann Robinson
Web Page Development and design is a workshop/class designed
for area educators wishing to develop a web page for their classroom or school. (One
credit from Central Michigan University or SB-CEUs may be s optional.)
The goals are to: 1.) Expose educators to classroom and
school web sites on the Internet. 2.) Determine goals for having a web page. 3.) Develop a
clear, useful web page that will meet the determined goals.
To accomplish these goals the participants: A.) Explore the
Internet with a classroom/school web page focus. B.) Acquire proficiency in using basic
html and editing software for designing web pages. C.) Complete and post a web page
project.
Listed below are the topics we cover in our
workshop series.
Overview
of School Web Pages
Ethics, Safety,
Reliability and Validity
Goal Setting and Planning a Web Page
The tools of Web Page Development and Design
Enhancing a Web
Page
Sharing and Promoting a Web Page
Overview
of School Web Pages
Ethics,
Safety, Reliability and Validity
As educators we must model good ethical
behavior particularly with respect to adherence to copyright issues. Listed below are a
few sites that can help with that issue.
Crash Course in
Copyright
This University of Texas site has very good information about fair use, the using images,
sounds, etc. in practical, straightforward language.
Stanford
University Library Page on Copyright and Fair Use
Kathy Schrock's Guide for
Educators-Internet Information
Good variety of sites ranging from safe surfing to writing html. Do check this one out!
The safety of students is a consideration of
all educators. Educating students about safe surfing and having school and classroom
policies about posting student information and pictures on the web are new issues we must
deal with. Here are some sites to help.
Kids Domain Safe Surfing!
Jo Cool or Jo Fool?
Websites to test Student Savvy Surfing Skills.
Web awareness for Young People
Evaluating web sites is another skill we
must fine tune. Listed below are more helpful sites.
Web Olympic Rubric
This site, developed by Michigan's REMC 11, gives examples of what to look for in a web
site.
CyberGuide
for Rating Web Design
Goal Setting
for School Web Pages and an introduction to the tools
of web page development. (How to plan an effective web page, intro to basic HTML
and Microsoft FrontPage Software, developing a site map, collecting and organizing
information and images.)
Enhance a
Web Page
Sharing and Promoting the Web Site
Fine tuning a web page, making sure it is
visitor-friendly, posting on a server, announcing the site to the community and listing
with search engines.
This site is maintained by Mary Ann
Robinson.
Last update: May 16, 2006
Pages looking a bit dull? Here
are some sites that will give you access to school-related clip art and images suitable
for school web page design.